Hebrews 11:32–40

³²And what more can I say? Time is too short for me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah,^y David, Samuel, and the prophets,^{z 33}who by faith conquered kingdoms,^aa administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions,^{ab 34}quenched the raging of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.^{a 35}Women received their dead, raised to life again. Other people were tortured, not accepting release, so that they might gain a better resurrection. ³⁶Others experienced mockings and scourgings, as well as bonds and imprisonment.^{b 37}They were stoned,^Fc they were sawed in two, they died by the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins,^d destitute, afflicted, and mistreated. ³⁸The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and on mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.

³⁹All these were approved through their faith, but they did not receive what was promised, ⁴⁰since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.^e