Hebrews 11:32

Examples Of Faith In Action

³¹ By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, [because she] welcomed the spies in peace. ³² And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, and Samuel and the prophets, ³³ who through faith conquered kingdoms, accomplished justice, obtained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions,

By Faith

Barak

David

Gedeon

Gideon

Jephthah

Samson

Samuel

1 Samuel 1:20

{In due time}, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She called his name Samuel, for [she said], "I requested him from Yahweh."

1 Samuel 16:1

Then Yahweh said to Samuel, "{How long} will you mourn about Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel! Fill up your horn [with] oil and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have chosen a king for myself among his sons."

1 Samuel 16:13

So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. Then the Spirit of Yahweh rushed upon David from that day {on}. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.

Judges 11:1-12

Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior; he was the son of a prostitute, and {Gilead was his father}.

Judges 13:1-16

And again, the {Israelites} did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and Yahweh gave them into the hand of [the] Philistines forty years.

Judges 4:1-8

And again the {Israelites} did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and Ehud died.

Judges 6:11

The angel of Yahweh came and sat under the oak that [was] at Ophrah that belonged to Jehoash [the] Abiezrite; and Gideon his son [was] threshing wheat in the winepress to hide [it] from the Midianites.

Judges 13:24

The woman bore a son, and she called him Samson; the boy grew big, and Yahweh blessed him.

1 Samuel 2:11

Then Elkanah went to Ramah, to his house. Now the boy was serving Yahweh {in the presence of} Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 2:18

Now Samuel [was] serving before Yahweh, as a boy wearing a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 3:1-12

Now the boy Samuel was serving Yahweh {in the presence} of Eli. The word of Yahweh was rare in those days; visions were not widespread.

1 Samuel 12:11

So Yahweh sent Jerub-Baal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel. Then he delivered you from the hand of your enemies all around, and you lived [in] security.

1 Samuel 17:1-18

[The] Philistines gathered their camps for battle and they were gathered [at] Socoh which [belongs] to Judah. They camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes Dammim.

1 Samuel 28:3-25

(Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him, and they had buried him in Ramah, his [own] city. And Saul had expelled the mediums and the soothsayers from the land.)

Psalm 99:6

Moses and Aaron [were] among his priests; Samuel also [was] among [those who] called on his name. They called to Yahweh, and he answered them.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then Yahweh said to me, "[Even] if Moses and Samuel stood {before me}, my heart [would] not [be] to this people. Send [them] away from my {sight}, and let them go out.

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad, because your reward [is] great in heaven, for in the [same] way they persecuted the prophets before you.

Luke 13:28

In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown outside!

Luke 16:31

But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone rises from the dead.'"

John 21:25

Now there are also many other [things] that Jesus did, which--if they were written down one after the other--I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written.

Acts 2:29-31

"Men [and] brothers, it is possible to speak with confidence to you about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us until this day.

Acts 3:24

And indeed, all the prophets from Samuel and all those who followed [him] have spoken [about] and proclaimed these days.

Acts 10:43

To this one all the prophets testify, [that] through his name everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins."

Acts 13:20

[This took] about four hundred and fifty years. And after these [things], he gave [them] judges until Samuel the prophet.

Acts 13:22-36

And [after] removing him, he raised up David for their king, about whom he also said, testifying, 'I have found David the [son] of Jesse [to be] a man in accordance with my heart, who will carry out all my will.'

Romans 3:5

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God, who inflicts wrath, [is] not unjust, [is he]? (I am speaking according to a human perspective.)

Romans 4:1

What then shall we say [that] Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has found?

Romans 6:1

What therefore shall we say? Shall we continue in sin, in order that grace may increase?

Romans 7:7

What then shall we say? [Is] the law sin? May it never be! But I would not have known sin except through the law, for I would not have known covetousness if the law had not said, "Do not covet."

James 5:10

Brothers, take [as an] example of perseverance and endurance the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

1 Peter 1:10-12

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace meant for you sought and made careful inquiry,

2 Peter 1:21

for no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

2 Peter 3:2

to remember the words proclaimed beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles,