35 Bible Verses about heroes
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Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink;
The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
And they shall be as mighty men, treading down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and unto the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty men.
And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto him, and said unto him, Jehovah is with thee, thou mighty man of valor.
the mighty man, and the man of war; the judge, and the prophet, and the diviner, and the elder;
Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith.
I have commanded my consecrated ones, yea, I have called my mighty men for mine anger, even my proudly exulting ones.
Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endureth continually.
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; And he that ruleth his spirit, than he that taketh a city.
Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run his course.
Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man; he will stir up his zeal like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout aloud; he will do mightily against his enemies.
Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two'sons of Ariel of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow.
Proclaim ye this among the nations; prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod.
Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
but they shall serve Jehovah their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his own country.
quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, waxed mighty in war, turned to flight armies of aliens.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, till wine inflame them!
And these all, having had witness borne to them through their faith, received not the promise,
Women received their dead by a resurrection: and others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
And Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
And what shall I more say? for the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel and the prophets:
Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse saith, And the man who was raised on high saith, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel:
