45 Bible Verses about breath
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The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.
But after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized those who were watching them.
I am about to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. Everything that is on the earth will die,
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it.
By the Lord's decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created.
I will praise the Lord as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist!
Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness.
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This is what the true God, the Lord, says -- the one who created the sky and stretched it out, the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it:
For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting.
As for the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is going to give you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing to survive.
When you send your life-giving breath, they are created, and you replenish the surface of the ground.
nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.
I will put tendons on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath in you and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'"
How, sir, am I able to speak with you? My strength is gone, and I am breathless."
Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah.
He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, -- prophesy, son of man -- and say to the breath: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.'"
This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breath into you and you will live.
and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival.
Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal's spirit descends into the earth?
The second beast was empowered to give life to the image of the first beast so that it could speak, and could cause all those who did not worship the image of the beast to be killed.
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
The one who says to wood, 'Wake up!' is as good as dead -- he who says to speechless stone, 'Awake!' Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life's breath inside it.
For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man's spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created.
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord's disciples, went to the high priest
I want to climb the palm tree, and take hold of its fruit stalks. May your breasts be like the clusters of grapes, and may the fragrance of your breath be like apricots!
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Breath » Of God
By the Lord's decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created.
The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by the Lord's battle cry, by the powerful breath from his nose.
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by your battle cry, Lord, by the powerful breath from your nose.
He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God's mouth.
Breath » Of life
The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
Stop trusting in human beings, whose life's breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?
This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breath into you and you will live.
Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone -- gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!
nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone.
Breath » Figurative
He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, -- prophesy, son of man -- and say to the breath: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.'"
Topics on Breath
Breath Of God
Psalm 33:6By the Lord's decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created.
Breath Of Life
Genesis 2:7The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
God Giving Breath
Job 33:4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Having No Breath
Jeremiah 10:14All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.
Man A Mere Breath
Psalm 39:5Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor.
Under One's Breath
Genesis 24:45"Before I finished praying in my heart, along came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder! She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'