Those who show loyalty, reliability and devotion in their relationships with God and others.
Abraham
Nehemiah 9:7–8 See also Galatians 3:9; Hebrews 11:8–12
You are the LORD, the God who chose Abram, who brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and gave him the name Abraham. You found his heart faithful before You, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites and Hittites, of the Amorites and Perizzites, of the Jebusites and Girgashites— to give it to his descendants. You have kept Your promise, because You are righteous.
Moses
Hebrews 3:5 See also Numbers 12:7; Hebrews 11:24–28
Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.
Caleb
Numbers 14:24 See also Deuteronomy 1:36; Joshua 14:8–9
But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
Elijah
1 Kings 19:10 See also 1 Kings 19:14
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.”
David
1 Samuel 29:6 David, fleeing from Saul, shelters with Achish, king of Gath. See also 2 Samuel 9:6–7, 2 Samuel 22:22–24
So Achish summoned David and told him, “As surely as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and it seems right in my sight that you should march in and out with me in the army, because I have found no fault in you from the day you came to me until this day. But you are not good in the sight of the leaders.
Hezekiah
2 Kings 20:3 parallel Isaiah 38:3 See also 2 Chronicles 31:20, 2 Chronicles 32:1
“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
Daniel
Daniel 6:4 See also Daniel 6:10
Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.
Paul
1 Timothy 1:12 See also 1 Corinthians 7:25; 2 Timothy 4:7
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.
Timothy
1 Corinthians 4:17 See also 2 Timothy 1:5
That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach everywhere in every church.
Silas
1 Peter 5:12 See also Acts 16:25
Through Silvanus, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.
Christian martyrs
Revelation 2:13 See also Revelation 2:10, Revelation 12:11
I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.
Further examples
Enoch: Genesis 5:22–24; Hebrews 11:5; Genesis 6:9; Hebrews 11:7; Joshua 24:14–15 Joshua; 1 Kings 19:18 7,000 in Israel; 2 Kings 22:2 parallel 2 Chronicles 34:2; 2 Chronicles 35:26; Nehemiah 13:13–14 Nehemiah; Job 23:11–12, Job 27:6; Isaiah 8:2; 2 Timothy 2:2; Daniel 3:16–18 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego; Acts 4:18–20 Peter and John; Ephesians 6:21–22; Colossians 4:7; Colossians 1:7, Colossians 4:12; Colossians 4:9; Philemon 1:10–11
Related themes
Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.