Who were the best men in the Bible? God gives us some hints about this in a couple of often overlooked verses.
Jeremiah 15:1 says, “Then the LORD said to me, ‘Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not be with this people.'”
This verse seems to tell us that Moses and Samuel were most effective in prayer. However, we’re given few details. Moses often prayed to God, but hardly any of his prayers are recorded in the Bible. The same goes for Samuel, where the most details we have about his prayer life are in 1 Samuel 8:6″ “But when (the Israelites) said, ‘Give us a king to lead us,’ this displeased Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.”
Why the lack of details? I believe it’s because prayer is usually a very personal and private activity, between only the believer and God. Of course, there is a time for corporate prayer, but most prayer is to be done in our “closet.” (Matthew 6:6)
Ezekiel 14:20 says, “Even if Noah, Daniel and Job were (in Jerusalem), they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.”
This implies that the three most obedient men in the Old Testament were Noah, Daniel, and Job. Their lives should be our role models. Noah ignored popular opinion as he obeyed God. Daniel wasn’t afraid to defy earthly authorities as he obeyed god. Above all, Job refused to sin, even through trials and troubles. Job 1:22 says, “In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing;” and, Job 2:10 says, “In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.”