Being Assertive

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: — read the full passage →

But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.

And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. — read the full passage →

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, — read the full passage →

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. — read the full passage →

And when ye come into an house, salute it. — read the full passage →

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. — read the full passage →

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. — read the full passage →

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. — read the full passage →

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. — read the full passage →

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. — read the full passage →

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. — read the full passage →

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. — read the full passage →

Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? — read the full passage →

That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; — read the full passage →

This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. — read the full passage →

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. — read the full passage →

And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. — read the full passage →

Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. — read the full passage →

This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. — read the full passage →

And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: — read the full passage →

Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. — read the full passage →

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: — read the full passage →

And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. — read the full passage →

I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

Thus saith the Lord; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: — read the full passage →

Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. — read the full passage →

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. — read the full passage →

I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. — read the full passage →

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. — read the full passage →

Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, — read the full passage →

And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words. — read the full passage →

Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. — read the full passage →

And Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. — read the full passage →

And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. — read the full passage →

Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. — read the full passage →

And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.

And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. — read the full passage →

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; — read the full passage →

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: — read the full passage →

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? — read the full passage →

Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. — read the full passage →

And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. — read the full passage →

Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?

And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. — read the full passage →

But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. — read the full passage →

Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. — read the full passage →

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah. — read the full passage →

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? — read the full passage →

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, — read the full passage →

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: — read the full passage →

And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: — read the full passage →

And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. — read the full passage →

And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. — read the full passage →