100 Bible Verses About Ascension Day

Bible verses about Ascension Day

Ascension Day marks a pivotal moment in Christian faith, where Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, completing his earthly ministry and paving the way for the Holy Spirit. Exploring scripture related to this event deepens our understanding of its profound significance. It's not merely an ending, but a glorious beginning - a promise of Christ's ongoing intercession for us and a foreshadowing of our own future glorification. Reflecting on these verses reminds us that we are seated with Christ in heavenly places, empowered to live out our faith with boldness and hope, anticipating His promised return. Let scripture illuminate the power and purpose of the Ascension in your life.

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Deuteronomy 9:5 (KJV)

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Ascension Day: Bible Verses Exploring Christ's Ascent

Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:

Psalms 78:56KJV

He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.

Psalms 147:20KJV

Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?

Psalms 108:10KJV

The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

Psalms 81:15KJV

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

Numbers 23:23KJV

Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:37KJV

Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.

Psalms 25:15KJV

The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

Isaiah 21:11KJV

An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

Proverbs 19:28KJV

And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.

Judges 19:5KJV

I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.

Psalms 119:14KJV

And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:

2 Chronicles 31:15KJV

Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

Jeremiah 9:8KJV

Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.

Deuteronomy 27:10KJV

And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

Deuteronomy 28:64KJV

Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;

Isaiah 43:16KJV

Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;

Psalms 106:4KJV

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

Psalms 48:2KJV

Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which he did to you and to your fathers.

1 Samuel 12:7KJV

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

Psalms 119:143KJV

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:

Exodus 20:10KJV

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

Proverbs 10:28KJV

And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?

1 Samuel 26:9KJV

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

Exodus 32:13KJV

They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

Psalms 118:11KJV

And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.

Isaiah 66:23KJV

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 9:5KJV

Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

Psalms 96:3KJV

The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

Proverbs 21:7KJV

But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband:

Numbers 5:20KJV

Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

Job 30:24KJV

O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

Deuteronomy 32:29KJV

Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.

Psalms 20:3KJV

They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

Genesis 34:28KJV

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

Job 34:9KJV

And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts.

Isaiah 19:4KJV

Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,

Psalms 106:37KJV

Then David enquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

1 Samuel 23:4KJV

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

Psalms 129:2KJV

I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes.

Psalms 119:145KJV

And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him.

Judges 9:26KJV

But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the Lord hath sent thee away.

1 Samuel 20:22KJV

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

Ecclesiastes 7:25KJV

My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

Psalms 71:24KJV

Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

Proverbs 7:15KJV

There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

Deuteronomy 33:26KJV

But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.

Deuteronomy 4:4KJV

Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

Proverbs 4:14KJV

God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

Numbers 23:19KJV

And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

Exodus 3:11KJV

That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the Lord your God for ever.

Joshua 4:24KJV

And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.

Genesis 21:1KJV

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.

Proverbs 20:1KJV

Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:6KJV

Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!

Psalms 71:19KJV

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

Ecclesiastes 12:13KJV

And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.

Numbers 22:33KJV

Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.

Psalms 57:5KJV

And the Lord spake unto me, saying,

Deuteronomy 2:2KJV

Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.

Psalms 141:10KJV

There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

Ecclesiastes 8:8KJV

A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

Proverbs 13:17KJV

In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

Psalms 18:6KJV

For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.

Numbers 21:26KJV

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Proverbs 4:18KJV

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

Isaiah 48:10KJV

And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord:

Exodus 29:23KJV

Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?

Psalms 119:82KJV

For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

Proverbs 25:7KJV

And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

Genesis 20:2KJV

Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:

Deuteronomy 23:19KJV

Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.

Exodus 36:12KJV

And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;

Deuteronomy 6:11KJV

Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

Psalms 85:4KJV

And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods.

2 Chronicles 13:8KJV

And the Lord shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the Lord, and perform it.

Isaiah 19:21KJV

Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?

Job 26:14KJV

Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

Isaiah 35:4KJV

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

Psalms 42:3KJV

And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.

Exodus 11:9KJV

Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.

Psalms 18:49KJV

This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.

Psalms 118:20KJV

And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

Isaiah 51:13KJV

They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.

Psalms 111:8KJV

And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.

1 Samuel 30:18KJV

The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

Isaiah 52:10KJV

And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

Psalms 78:18KJV

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

Psalms 76:6KJV

And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Joshua 2:20KJV

For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.

Isaiah 25:10KJV

Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

Ecclesiastes 12:5KJV

And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.

Leviticus 25:53KJV

He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.

Psalms 29:6KJV

The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.

Psalms 75:3KJV

Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:

Psalms 83:11KJV

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

Proverbs 13:19KJV

And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

Leviticus 14:33KJV

And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

1 Samuel 27:2KJV

For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

Proverbs 8:7KJV

Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.

Psalms 89:27KJV

The Ascension verses collectively paint a powerful picture: Jesus's earthly ministry, marked by profound teaching and sacrifice, culminates in his glorious return to the Father. These scriptures emphasize not an ending, but a transition—a shift from physical presence to spiritual reign. They highlight the fulfillment of prophecy, the promise of the Holy Spirit, and the ongoing intercession of Christ on our behalf. As we reflect on Ascension Day, these verses call us to consider the implications of Christ's ascension for our own lives. We are reminded to live with an eternal perspective, embracing the hope of future glory and actively participating in the Great Commission, empowered by the Holy Spirit, until Christ returns. Let us fix our eyes on heaven, serving with purpose and anticipation, knowing that our labor in the Lord is not in vain.