Hebrews 11:34

Examples Of Faith In Action

³³ who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. ³⁵ Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection;

By the Sword

Edge of the Sword

Raised to Life

Judges 15:8

He struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

1 Kings 19:3

And he was afraid and arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

2 Kings 6:16-18

So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”

2 Kings 6:32

Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man from his presence; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door shut against him. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”

Psalm 144:10

Who gives salvation to kings,
Who rescues David His servant from the evil sword.

Judges 7:19-25

So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands.

Judges 8:4-10

Then Gideon and the 300 men who were with him came to the Jordan and crossed over, weary yet pursuing.

Judges 15:14-20

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him mightily so that the ropes that were on his arms were as flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds dropped from his hands.

Judges 16:19-30

She made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his hair. Then she began to afflict him, and his strength left him.

1 Samuel 14:13-15

Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer behind him; and they fell before Jonathan, and his armor bearer put some to death after him.

1 Samuel 17:51-52

Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.

1 Samuel 20:1

Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?”

2 Samuel 8:1-18

Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and David took control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines.

2 Samuel 10:15-19

When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.

2 Samuel 21:16-17

Then Ishbi-benob, who was among the descendants of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in weight, was girded with a new sword, and he intended to kill David.

2 Kings 20:7-11

Then Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

2 Chronicles 14:11-14

Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, “Lord, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and those who have no strength; so help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in You, and in Your name have come against this multitude. O Lord, You are our God; let not man prevail against You.”

2 Chronicles 16:1-9

In the thirty-sixth year of Asa’s reign Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 20:6-25

and he said, “O Lord, the God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can stand against You.

2 Chronicles 32:20-22

But King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed about this and cried out to heaven.

Job 5:20

“In famine He will redeem you from death,
And in war from the power of the sword.

Job 42:10

The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord increased all that Job had twofold.

Psalm 6:8

Depart from me, all you who do iniquity,
For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.

Psalm 66:12

You made men ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water,
Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance.

Isaiah 43:2

“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they will not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched,
Nor will the flame burn you.

Jeremiah 26:24

But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was not given into the hands of the people to put him to death.

Daniel 3:19-28

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and his facial expression was altered toward Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. He answered by giving orders to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you;