11 Bible Verses about Great Individuals

Now consider how great this one was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

His substance was seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she asses, and a very great store of servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

And Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into the banquet chamber and made them sit at the head among those that were invited, which were about thirty persons.

Then the king said unto his slaves, Do ye not know that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

And it came to pass while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.

So I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem, and more than that, my wisdom remained with me.

But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth, for if we flee away, they will not care about us; nor if half of us die, will they care about us; but now thou art worth ten thousand of us. Therefore, now it is better that thou help us out of the city.

For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest, and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David;

For before these days, rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves; who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered and brought to nought.

But there was a certain man called Simon, who before this in the same city used magic arts and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that he himself was some great one,