27 Bible Verses about assertiveness

Love is very patient, very kind. Love knows no jealousy; love makes no parade, gives itself no airs,

By 'quarrelling' I mean that each of you has his party-cry, "I belong to Paul," "And I to Apollos," "And I to Cephas," "And I to Christ."

I am quite ashamed to say I was not equal to that sort of thing! But let them vaunt as they please, I am equal to them (mind, this is the role of a fool!).

when you were buried with him in your baptism and thereby raised with him as you believed in the power of the God who raised him from the dead.

Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, they do not know what they are doing." Then they distributed his clothes among themselves by drawing lots.

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

women must keep quiet at gatherings of the church. They are not allowed to speak; they must take a subordinate place, as the Law enjoins.

Outsiders it is no business of mine to judge. No, you must judge those who are inside the church, for yourselves;

Two criminals were also led out with him to be executed,

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

Meanwhile the high priests and scribes stood and accused him with might and main.

Then with a loud cry Jesus said, "Father, I trust my spirit to thy hands," and with these words he expired.

and ascertaining that he came under the jurisdiction of Herod, he remitted him to Herod, who himself was in Jerusalem during those days.

But by God's grace I am what I am. The grace he showed me did not go for nothing; no, I have done far more work than all of them ??though it was not I but God's grace at my side.

If the structure raised by any man survives, he will be rewarded;

and when they came to the place called The Skull they crucified him there along with the criminals, one at his right and one at his left.

The people stood and looked on, and even the rulers sneered at him, saying, "He saved others, let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!"

Then Herod and his troops scoffed at him and made fun of him, and after arraying him in a bright robe he remitted him to Pilate.

But though he put many questions to him, Jesus gave him no answer.

Now there was a man called Joseph, a member of council but a good and just man

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

Pilate said to them, "You brought me this man as being an inciter to rebellion among the people. I have examined him before you and found nothing criminal about him, for all your accusations against him.

When the army-captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent."

owing to an eclipse of the sun; the curtain in the middle of the temple was torn in two.

(For there was an inscription over him in Greek and Latin and Hebrew characters, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.)

One of the criminals who had been hung also abused him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us as well."

Tell the daughter of Sion, 'Here is your king coming to you, He is gentle and mounted on an ass, And on a colt the foal of a beast of burden.'