35 Bible Verses about heroes

Woe to those who are heroes at 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 man and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, the men of renown.

As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.

They shall be like mighty men in battle, trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight because the LORD is with them, and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.

"How do you say, 'We are heroes and mighty men of war'?

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

And the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor."

"How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war perished!"

the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder,

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.

I myself have commanded my consecrated ones, and have summoned my mighty men to execute my anger, my proudly exulting ones.

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all the day.

These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

which comes out like a bridegroom leaving his chamber, and, like a strong man, runs its course with joy.

The LORD goes out like a mighty man, like a man of war he stirs up his zeal; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes.

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.

And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was a valiant man of Kabzeel, a doer of great deeds. He struck down two heroes of Moab. He also went down and struck down a lion in a pit on a day when snow had fallen.

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.

Proclaim this among the nations: Consecrate for war; stir up the mighty men. Let all the men of war draw near; let them come up.

The fool will no more be called noble, nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.

Jesus answered, "The most important is, 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod,

Behold, their heroes cry in the streets; the envoys 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 acceptable in his hometown.

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!

And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised,

Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.

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

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

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