30 Bible Verses about assertiveness

Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up.

Now I mean this, that each of you is saying, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," or "I am with Cephas," or "I am with Christ."

(To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.

that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints.

[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing."] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes.

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

the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says.

For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside?

How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwelling places, O Israel!

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

Some members of the prophetic guild in Bethel came out to Elisha and said, "Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?" He answered, "Yes, I know. Be quiet."

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

The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him.

Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And after he said this he breathed his last.

When he learned that he was from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time.

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them -- yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward.

So when they came to the place that is called "The Skull," they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

The people also stood there watching, but the rulers ridiculed him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"

Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate.

So Herod questioned him at considerable length; Jesus gave him no answer.

Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man.

Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.

and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.

Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God and said, "Certainly this man was innocent!"

because the sun's light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two.

There was also an inscription over him, "This is the king of the Jews."

One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!"

"Tell the people of Zion, 'Look, your king is coming to you, unassuming and seated on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'"