30 Bible Verses about assertiveness

Love is patient, love is kind.
Love does not envy,
is not boastful, is not conceited,

What I am saying is this: Each of you says, “I’m with Paul,” or “I’m with Apollos,” or “I’m with Cephas,” or “I’m with Christ.”

I say this to our shame: We have been weak.

But in whatever anyone dares to boast—I am talking foolishly—I also dare:

Having been buried with Him in baptism, you were also raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to His saints.

[Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.”] And they divided His clothes and cast lots.

a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak, but should be submissive, as the law also says.

For what business is it of mine to judge outsiders? Don’t you judge those who are inside?

How beautiful are your tents, Jacob,
your dwellings, Israel.

Two others—criminals—were also led away to be executed with Him.

Then the sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha and said, “Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today?”

He said, “Yes, I know. Be quiet.”

But turning to them, Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and your children.

The chief priests and the scribes stood by, vehemently accusing Him.

And Jesus called out with a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I entrust My spirit.” Saying this, He breathed His last.

Finding that He was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem during those days.

But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.

If anyone’s work that he has built survives, he will receive a reward.

When they arrived at the place called The Skull, they crucified Him there, along with the criminals, one on the right and one on the left.

The people stood watching, and even the leaders kept scoffing: “He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One!”

Then Herod, with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt, mocked Him, dressed Him in a brilliant robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.

So he kept asking Him questions, but Jesus did not answer him.

There was a good and righteous man named Joseph, a member of the Sanhedrin,

When Pilate heard this, he asked if the man was a Galilean.

and said to them, “You have brought me this man as one who subverts the people. But in fact, after examining Him in your presence, I have found no grounds to charge this man with those things you accuse Him of.

When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous!”

because the sun’s light failed. The curtain of the sanctuary was split down the middle.

An inscription was above Him:

THIS IS

THE KING OF THE JEWS.

Then one of the criminals hanging there began to yell insults at Him: “Aren’t You the Messiah? Save Yourself and us!”

Tell Daughter Zion,
“Look, your King is coming to you,
gentle, and mounted on a donkey,
even on a colt,
the foal of a beast of burden.”