35 Bible Verses about heroes

Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine
And valiant men in mixing strong drink,

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown.

As for the saints who are in the earth,
They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight.

“They will be as mighty men,
Treading down the enemy in the mire of the streets in battle;
And they will fight, for the Lord will be with them;
And the riders on horses will be put to shame.

“How can you say, ‘We are mighty warriors,
And men valiant for battle’?

After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, official of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs as far as a point opposite the tombs of David, and as far as the artificial pool and the house of the mighty men.

The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, O valiant warrior.”

“How have the mighty fallen,
And the weapons of war perished!”

The mighty man and the warrior,
The judge and the prophet,
The diviner and the elder,

Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith.

I have commanded My consecrated ones,
I have even called My mighty warriors,
My proudly exulting ones,
To execute My anger.

For the choir director. A Maskil of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul and said to him, “David has come to the house of Ahimelech.”
Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man?
The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city.

Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber;
It rejoices as a strong man to run his course.

The Lord will go forth like a warrior,
He will arouse His zeal like a man of war.
He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war cry.
He will prevail against His enemies.

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.

Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion inside a pit on a snowy day.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior,
So are the children of one’s youth.

Proclaim this among the nations:
Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men!
Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up!

No longer will the fool be called noble,
Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.

Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is one Lord;

But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

Behold, their brave men cry in the streets,
The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.

But they shall serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

And He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.

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.

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning nor favor to men of ability; for time and chance overtake them all.

But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink,
Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!

And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised,

Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection;

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and among his own relatives and in his own household.”

And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,

Now these are the last words of David.
David the son of Jesse declares,
The man who was raised on high declares,
The anointed of the God of Jacob,
And the sweet psalmist of Israel,