28 Bible Verses about assertiveness

Love suffers long and is kind; love envies not; love makes no parade, is not puffed up,

I mean by this that one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul"; another, "I of Apollos"; another, "I of Cephas"; another, "I of Christ."

I say that I was weak, and yet for whatever reason any one is bold (I speak in mere folly) I too am bold.

when you were buried with him in baptism. In baptism also you were raised with him, through your faith in the energy of that God who raised him from the dead.

that secret truth, which, although hidden from ages and generations of old, has now been made manifest to his saints.

Jesus kept saying, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided his garments among them, casting lots for them,

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

"In your congregation" you write, "as in all the churches of the saints, let the women keep silence in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. On the contrary let them be subordinate, as also says the law.

What have I to do with the judging of outsiders? Must not you judge those who are within the church, while God judges outsiders?

And there were led out with him to be executed, two criminals also.

But Jesus turned and said: "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me;

Meanwhile the high priests and Scribes were standing around, and continually making accusations to him against him.

Then with a loud cry, Jesus said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit!" And after uttering these words, he yielded up his spirit.

and when he learned that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction he sent him to Herod, who himself happened to be in Jerusalem during those days.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and that grace of his, bestowed upon me, did not prove ineffectual. I labored more abundantly than all the rest, yet not I, but by the grace of God that is with me.

If any man's work??he building he has made??tands the test, he will be rewarded.

When they came to the place called "The Skull," there they crucified him and the criminals also, one upon his right hand, and one upon his left.

and the people stood looking on. Even the rulers repeatedly taunted him, saying, "He saved others, let him save himself, if this fellow is indeed the Christ of God, His Chosen One!"

Then Herod and his soldiers set him at naught, and mocked him, and throwing about him a gorgeous robe, sent him back to Pilate.

So he had been asking him many questions, but Jesus made no answers.

Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good man and a righteous,

When Pilate heard the word "Galilee" he asked if the man were a Galilean,

and said to them. "You brought before me this man as one who incited the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence, and I find no fault in this man regarding the charges that you brought against him.

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

And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two in the Temple.

For there was an inscription over his head, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

And one of the criminals who had been hung there kept reviling him, saying. "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us."

Say to the daughter of Zion, "Behold thy King cometh to thee, Gentle and sitting upon an ass, And upon a colt, the fool of a beast of burden."