11 Bible Verses about heroes

Do not forget your Leaders, the men who told you God's Message. Recall the close of their lives, and imitate their faith.

All these died sustained by faith. They did not obtain the promised blessings, but they saw them from a distance and welcomed the sight, and they acknowledged themselves to be only aliens and strangers on the earth.

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

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

I tell you," he continued, "that no Prophet is acceptable in his own country.

quelled the fury of the flames, escaped the edge of the sword, found strength in the hour of weakness, displayed their prowess in war, and routed hostile armies.

Put that Message into practice, and do not merely listen to it--deceiving yourselves.

Yet, though they all won renown by their faith, they did not obtain the final fulfillment of God's promise;

Women received back their dead raised to life. Some were tortured on the wheel, and refused release in order that they might rise to a better life.

On which Jesus said: "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relations, and in his own home."

Need I add anything more? Time would fail me if I attempted to relate the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, and those of David, Samuel, and the Prophets.