11 Bible Verses about heroes

Remember your former leaders--it was they who brought you God's Message. Bear in mind how they ended their lives, and imitate their faith.

All these died in the possession of faith. They had not received the promised blessings, but had seen them from a distance and had greeted them, and had acknowledged themselves to be foreigners and strangers here on earth;

"The chief Commandment," replied Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before all the company, and so pleased Herod

"I tell you in solemn truth," He added, "that no Prophet is welcomed among his own people.

deprived fire of its power, escaped being killed by the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put to flight foreign armies.

But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves.

And although by their faith all these people won God's approval, none of them received the fulfilment of His great promise;

Women received back their dear ones alive from the dead; and others were put to death with torture, refusing the deliverance offered to them--that they might secure a better resurrection.

But Jesus said to them, "There is no Prophet without honour except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own home."

And why need I say more? For time will fail me if I tell the story of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, and of David and Samuel and the Prophets;