11 Bible Verses about heroes

Do not forget your former leaders, the men who brought you God's message. Remember how they ended their lives and imitate their faith.

All these people lived all their lives in faith, and died without receiving what had been promised; they only saw it far ahead and welcomed the sight of it, recognizing that they themselves were only foreigners and strangers here on earth.

Jesus answered, "The first one is, 'Hear, Israel! The Lord our God is one lord,

But when Herod's birthday came, Herodias' daughter danced before the company. And Herod was delighted with her,

I tell you," said he, "no prophet is welcome in his own country.

put out furious fires, escaped death by the sword, found strength in their time of weakness, proved mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

Obey the message; do not merely listen to it, and deceive yourselves.

Yet though they all gained God's approval by their faith, they none of them received what he had promised,

Women had their dead restored to them by resurrection. Others endured torture, and refused to accept release, that they might rise again to the better life.

And they took offense at him. Jesus said to them, "A prophet is treated with honor everywhere except in his native place and among his relatives and at his home."

And why should I go on? For my time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,