Hebrews 11:34

Examples Of Faith In Action

³³ who by faith overcame kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped lions' mouths, ³⁴ 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. ³⁵ Women received their dead again by resurrection; and others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, that they might get a better resurrection;

By the Sword

Edge of the Sword

Raised to Life

Judges 15:8

And he smote them hip and thigh with great slaughter; and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the rock of Etam.

1 Kings 19:3

And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

2 Kings 6:16-18

And he said, Fear not, for they that are with us are more than they that are with them.

2 Kings 6:32

And Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him. And the king sent a man before him. Before the messenger came to him, he himself said to the elders, Do ye see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? See, when the messenger comes; shut the door, and keep him off with the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

Psalm 144:10

Who givest salvation unto kings; who rescuest David thy servant from the hurtful 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 set the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the jars that were in their hands.

Judges 8:4-10

And Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the three hundred men who were with him, faint yet pursuing.

Judges 15:14-20

When he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the ropes which were on his arms became as flax that has caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands.

Judges 16:19-30

She made him sleep upon her knees; and she called a man, and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.

1 Samuel 14:13-15

And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armour-bearer after him; and they fell before Jonathan; and his armour-bearer slew after him.

1 Samuel 17:51-52

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.

1 Samuel 20:1

And David fled from Naioth by Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity, and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeks my life?

2 Samuel 8:1-18

And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them; and David took the power of the capital out of the hand of the Philistines.

2 Samuel 10:15-19

And when the Syrians saw that they were routed before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

2 Samuel 21:16-17

And Ishbibenob, who was of the children of Raphah the weight of his lance was three hundred shekels of bronze, and he was girded with new armour thought to smite David.

2 Kings 20:7-11

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

2 Chronicles 14:11-14

And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

2 Chronicles 16:1-9

In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, in order to let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

2 Chronicles 20:6-25

and he said, Jehovah, God of our fathers, art not thou God in the heavens, and rulest thou not over all the kingdoms of the nations? And in thy hand there is power and might, and none can withstand thee.

2 Chronicles 32:20-22

And because of this, king Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz prayed and cried to heaven.

Job 5:20

In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

Job 42:10

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he had prayed for his friends; and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Psalm 6:8

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.

Psalm 66:12

Thou didst cause men to ride over our head; we went through fire and through water: but thou hast brought us out into abundance.

Isaiah 43:2

When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee; when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.

Jeremiah 26:24

Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

Daniel 3:19-28

Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. He spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for my power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, take not as strange the fire of persecution which has taken place amongst you for your trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you;