11 Bible Verses about God Giving Breath

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

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.

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:

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

And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for certainly he is flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.

neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he gives to all life and breath and all things

but hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou and thy princes, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; furthermore, thou hast praised gods of silver and of gold, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone, which do not see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand is thy soul and whose are all thy ways, thou hast never honoured.

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

If he were to set his heart upon man and gather unto himself his spirit and his breath, all flesh would perish together, and man would turn again unto dust.

For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for by me is the spirit covered by the body, and I have made the souls.