34 Bible Verses about heroes
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There were men of great strength and size on the earth in those days; and after that, when the sons of God had connection with the daughters of men, they gave birth to children: these were the great men of old days, the men of great name.
Together they will be like men of war, crushing down their haters into the earth of the streets in the fight; they will make war because the Lord is with them: and the horsemen will be shamed.
By his side was working Nehemiah, the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the division of Beth-zur, as far as the place opposite the last resting-places of David's family, and the pool which was made and the house of the men of war.
And the angel of the Lord came before his eyes, and said to him, The Lord is with you, O man of war.
The strong man and the man of war; the judge and the prophet; the man who has knowledge of secret arts, and the man who is wise because of his years;
Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.
I have given orders to my holy ones, I have sent out my men of war, those of mine who take pride in their power, to give effect to my wrath.
Why do you take pride in wrongdoing, lifting yourself up against the upright man all the day?
All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.
He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.
Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.
The Lord will go out as a man of war, he will be moved to wrath like a fighting-man: his voice will be strong, he will give a loud cry; he will go against his attackers like a man of war.
So running up to the Philistine and putting his foot on him, David took his sword out of its cover, and put him to death, cutting off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their fighter was dead, they went in flight.
Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, a fighting-man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death two young lions going into their secret place; and he went down into a hole and put a lion to death in time of snow.
Give this out among the nations; make ready for war: get the strong men awake; let all the men of war come near, let them come up.
The foolish man will no longer be named noble, and they will not say of the false man that he is a man of honour.
But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias was dancing before them, and Herod was pleased with her.
See, the men of war are sorrowing outside the town: those who came looking for peace are weeping bitterly.
But they will be servants to the Lord their God and to David their king, whom I will give back to them.
And he said to them, Truly I say to you, No prophet is honoured in his country.
Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.
And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.
But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.
Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!
And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,
Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;
And Jesus said to them, A prophet is nowhere without honour, but in his country, and among his relations, and in his family.
What more am I to say? For there would not be time to give the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets:
Now these are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, says, the man who was lifted up on high, the man on whom the God of Jacob put the holy oil, the loved one of Israel's songs, says:
