11 Bible Verses about Great Individuals

See how great this man was to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils!

He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east.

Then Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited, who were about thirty persons.

And the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel?

While there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was making himself strong in the house of Saul.

So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.

But the men said, "You shall not go out. For if we flee, they will not care about us. If half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore it is better that you send us help from the city."

for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.

He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,

For before these days Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.

But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great.