Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

General references

Bible References

Formed man

Psalm 100:3
Acknowledge that Yahweh is God.
He made us, and we are His
His people, the sheep of His pasture.
Psalm 139:14
I will praise You
because I have been remarkably and wonderfully made.
Your works are wonderful,
and I know this very well.
Isaiah 64:8
Yet Lord, You are our Father;
we are the clay, and You are our potter;
we all are the work of Your hands.

And breathed

Job 27:3
as long as my breath is still in me
and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,
Job 33:4
The Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
John 20:22
After saying this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
Acts 17:25
Neither is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives everyone life and breath and all things.

Nostrils

Genesis 7:22
Everything with the breath of the spirit of life in its nostrils—everything on dry land died.
Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who knows if the spirit of people rises upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?
Isaiah 2:22
Put no more trust in man,
who has only the breath in his nostrils.
What is he really worth?

A living

Numbers 16:22
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “God, God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You vent Your wrath on the whole community?”
Numbers 27:16
“May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the community
Proverbs 20:27
The Lord’s lamp sheds light on a person’s life,
searching the innermost parts.
Zechariah 12:1
An Oracle

The word of the Lord concerning Israel.
A declaration of the Lord,
who stretched out the heavens,
laid the foundation of the earth,
and formed the spirit of man within him.
1 Corinthians 15:45
So it is written: The first man Adam became a living being; the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.
Hebrews 12:9
Furthermore, we had natural fathers discipline us, and we respected them. Shouldn’t we submit even more to the Father of spirits and live?

General references

Job 33:4
The Spirit of God has made me,
and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 35:11
who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?”
1 Timothy 2:13
For Adam was created first, then Eve.

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