30 Bible Verses about assertiveness

Love is patient, love is kind, love is not jealous, [it] does not boast, [it] does not become conceited,

But I say this, that each of you is saying, "I am with Paul," and "I [am] with Apollos," and "I [am] with Cephas," and "I [am] with Christ."

I say [this] to [my] shame, namely, that we have been weak. But in whatever anyone dares to [boast]--I am speaking in foolishness--I also dare to [boast].

having been buried with him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with [him] through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

the mystery [which] has been hidden from the ages and from the generations, but has now been revealed to his saints,

[[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing."]] And they cast lots to divide his clothes.

and a third of the creatures in the sea--the ones which had life--died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

the women must be silent in the churches, for it is not permitted for them to speak, but they must be in submission, just as the law also says.

For what [is it] to me to judge those outside? Should you not judge those inside?

How good are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!

And two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him.

Then the sons of the prophets who [were in] Bethel came out to Elisha, and they said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh [is] going to take your master {from you} today?" He said, "I also know; be quiet!"

But turning to them, Jesus said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children!

And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there vehemently accusing him.

And Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit!" And [after he] said this, he expired.

And [when he] found out that he was from the jurisdiction of Herod, he sent him over to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain, but I labored even more than all of them, and not I, but the grace of God with me.

If anyone's work that he has built upon [it] remains, he will receive a reward.

And when they came to the place that is called "The Skull," there they crucified him, and the criminals, the one on [his] right and the other on [his] left.

And the people stood there watching, but the rulers also ridiculed [him], saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if this [man] is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!"

And Herod with his soldiers also treated him with contempt, and [after] mocking [him] [and] dressing [him] [in] glistening clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.

So he questioned him {at considerable length}, but he answered nothing to him.

And behold, a man {named} Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

Now [when] Pilate heard [this], he asked if the man was a Galilean.

[and] said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people, and behold, [when I] examined [him] before you, I found nothing in this man as basis for the accusation which {you are making} against him

Now [when] the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise God, saying, "Certainly this man was righteous!"

[because] [the light] of the sun failed. And the curtain of the temple was torn apart [down] the middle.

And there was also an inscription over him, "This [is] the king of the Jews."

And one of the criminals who were hanged there reviled him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself--and us!"

"Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a pack animal.'"