11 Bible Verses about heroes

Remember your leaders, the men who spoke the message of God to you; consider the issue of their lives, and imitate their faith.

These all died in faith, not having yet received the promises; nay, but they saw them from afar, and hailed them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Jesus replied. "The first is. 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord;

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

"I tell you in solemn truth," he added, "that no prophet is acceptable in his own country.

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, proved valiant in warfare, and routed armies of aliens.

And become doers of the Word, and not merely hearers, deceiving yourselves.

Yet, though these all had witness borne to them by their faith, they received not the promise;

Woman received their dear ones alive from the dead; and others were broken on the wheel, not accepting the offered deliverance, in order that they might obtain a better resurrection.

So they disapproved of him. Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his native land and among his relatives and in his home."

And what more shall I say? for time would fail me to tell of Gideon, of Barak, of Samson, and of Jeptha; of David and Samuel and the prophets,