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:
He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.
Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom?
The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
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!
Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord.
Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
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.
I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
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:
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.
Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day.
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.
Thus saith the Lord, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters;
Remember me, O Lord, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation;
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
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.
Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.
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:
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lord’s anointed, and be guiltless?
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.
They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
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.
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.
Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
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:
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
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.
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils,
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.
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes.
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.
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.
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:
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.
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.
Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.
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?
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?
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.
And the Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee!
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
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.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth.
And the Lord spake unto me, saying,
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
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.
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
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.
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.
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
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:
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
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.
And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury:
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.
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;
Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
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.
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.
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?
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.
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name.
This gate of the Lord, into which the righteous shall enter.
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?
They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives.
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.
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.
At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.
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.
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:
And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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.
For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
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.