11 Bible Verses about heroes

Remember your presidents, who have spoken to you the word of God: the ultimate issue of whose conduct attentively observing, be imitators of their fidelity.

All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but beholding them at a great distance, though believing and embracing them, and confessing that they were strangers and sojourners in the land.

Then Jesus replied to him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear O Israel; the Lord thy God is one Lord:

But when Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the circle, and pleased Herod:

But he said, Verily, I say unto you, that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.

extinguished the force of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, they were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in battle, routed the armies of aliens.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves by false reasoning.

And these all though having obtained a testimony by faith, received not the promise:

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

Then said Jesus unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his native place, and among his relations, and in his own family.

And what more shall I say: for the time would fail me if I should make a narration concerning Gideon, and Barac, and Sampson, and Jephtha, and David, and Samuel, and the prophets: