35 Bible Verses about heroes

Woe unto them that are mighty for drinking wine, and men valiant to mix strong drink;

In those days were the giants on the earth, and also afterwards, when the sons of God had come in to the daughters of men, and they had borne children to them; these were the heroes, who of old were men of renown.

To the saints that are on the earth, and to the excellent thou hast said, In them is all my delight.

And they shall be as mighty men, treading down the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, for Jehovah is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame.

How do ye say, We are mighty, and men of valour for the war?

After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the chief of the half district of Beth-zur, even over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.

And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor."

How are the mighty fallen, and the instruments of war perished!

the mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the prophet, and the diviner and the elder,

Remember your leaders who have spoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their conversation, imitate their faith.

I have commanded my hallowed ones, I have also called my mighty men for mine anger, them that rejoice in my highness.

{To the chief Musician: an instruction. Of David; when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David came to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in evil, thou mighty man? The loving-kindness of God abideth continually.

All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners 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.

And he is as a bridegroom going forth from his chamber; he rejoiceth as a strong man to run the race.

Jehovah will go forth as a mighty man, he will stir up jealousy like a man of war: he will cry, yea, he will shout; he will shew himself mighty against his enemies.

And David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him completely, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they fled.

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, great in exploits, of Kabzeel: he it was that smote two lions of Moab; and he went down and smote a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day.

As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.

Proclaim this among the nations: prepare war, arouse the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.

The vile man shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful:

And Jesus answered him, The first commandment of all is, Hear, Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord;

But when Herod's birthday was celebrated, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod;

Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the messengers 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 to you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, became strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, made the armies of strangers give way.

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 the intelligent, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, beguiling yourselves.

Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, till wine inflameth them!

And these all, having obtained witness through faith, did not receive the promise,

Women received their dead again by resurrection; and others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, that they might get a better resurrection;

But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not despised save in his own country, and among his kinsmen, and in his own house.

And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of the prophets:

Now these are the last words of David: David the son of Jesse saith, And the man who was raised up on high, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel saith,