39 Bible Verses about breathing

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.

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that all the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

The Spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.

In his hand is the soul of every living thing and the spirit of all flesh of man.

His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, in which is the spirit of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

By the breath of God ice is given; and the broad waters are constrained.

And then shall that Wicked one be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of his mouth and remove with the clarity of his coming:

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth.

Certainly there is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding.

Thus saith God the LORD, the Creator of the heavens and he that stretches them out; he that spreads forth the earth and that which comes out of it; he that gives breath unto the people upon it and spirit to those that walk therein:

His spirit shall go forth, he shall return to his earth; in that very day all his thoughts shall perish.

And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit;

Deliver me not over unto the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me and such as breathe out cruelty.

In my life I will praise the LORD; I will sing praises unto my God while I live.

And I will lay nerves upon you and will bring up flesh upon you and cover you with skin and put spirit in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

And it was given unto him to endue the image of the beast with spirit, so that the image of the beast should speak, and he shall cause those that do not worship the image of the beast to be killed.

By the breath of God they perish, and by the spirit of his anger they are consumed.

Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the spirit, prophesy, son of man, and say to the spirit, Thus hath the Lord GOD said: Come from the four winds, O spirit, and breathe upon these slain, and they shall live.

He will not suffer me to take my breath but has filled me with bitterness.

Let every thing that has breath praise JAH. Halelu-JAH.

all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life of all that was in the dry land died.

Only of the cities of these peoples, which the LORD thy God gives thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breathes;

But the eyes of the wicked shall consume themselves, and they shall have no refuge, and their hope shall be agony of the soul.

For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; and they all have one breath; so that a man has no more breath than a beast: for all is vanity.

Thus hath the Lord GOD said unto these bones: Behold, I will cause spirit to enter into you, and ye shall live:

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh in which is the spirit of life.

If he were to set his heart upon man and gather unto himself his spirit and his breath,

Koph Thou hast heard my voice; do not hide thine ear at my cry that I might breath.

My breath is corrupt, my days are cut off, and the grave is ready for me.

For how can the slave of my Lord talk with my Lord? for as for me, for in that instant I had no more strength in me, neither was there any breath left in me.

Because he has inclined his ear unto me, therefore I will call upon him all of my days.

Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

And I beheld, and behold nerves upon them and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no spirit in them.

Man is like unto vanity; his days are as a shadow that passes away.

Then the depths of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.