11 Bible Verses about heroes

You must not forget your former leaders, for it was they who brought you the message of God. Consider how they closed their lives; imitate their faith.

These people all died victoriously as a result of their faith, although they did not receive the blessings promised; that is, because they really saw them in the far-off future and welcomed them, and so professed to be only foreigners and strangers here on earth.

Jesus answered, "The first one is, 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord,

But when Herod's birthday came, Herodias' daughter danced before the guests. Herod was fascinated by her,

He added, "I solemnly say to you, no prophet is welcome in his native neighborhood.

stopped the force of fire, escaped from dying by the sword, out of weakness found great strength, grew mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

Keep on obeying this message; do not merely listen to it, and so deceive yourselves.

Though all these people by their faith won God's approval, yet none of them received what He had promised,

Women by a resurrection received their dead again; others endured tortures, because they would not accept release, that they might rise to a better life.

But Jesus said to them, "A prophet never fails to be honored except in his native neighborhood, among his kinsmen, and in his own home."

And why should I continue to mention more? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,