45 Bible Verses about breath

then the Lord God formed [that is, created the body of] man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being [an individual complete in body and spirit].

“Ice is made by the breath of God,
And the expanse of the waters is frozen.

“His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.

As long as my life is within me,
And the breath of God is [still] in my nostrils,

In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?

“The Spirit of God has made me,
And the breath of the Almighty gives me life [which inspires me].

Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.

But after three and a half days, the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear and panic fell on those who were watching them.

For behold, I, even I, will bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all life under the heavens in which there is the breath and spirit of life; everything that is on the land shall die.

then the dust [out of which God made man’s body] will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made,
And all their host by the breath of His mouth.

When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.

While I live I will praise the Lord;
I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.

“Remember that my life is but breath [a puff of wind, a sigh];
My eye will not see good again.

All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately—behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage];

“But there is [a vital force and] a spirit [of intelligence] in man,
And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

This is what God the Lord says,

He who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread out the earth and its produce,
Who gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk on it,

For the [earthly] fate of the sons of men and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no preeminence or advantage for man [in and of himself] over an animal, for all is vanity.

Only in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, you shall not leave alive anything that breathes.

You send out Your Spirit, they are created;
You renew the face of the ground.

“If God should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself [that is, withdraw from man] His [life-giving] spirit and His breath,

nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, because it is He who gives to all [people] life and breath and all things.

I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin, and I will put breath in you so that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the Lord.’”

The spirit (conscience) of man is the lamp of the Lord,
Searching and examining all the innermost parts of his being.

For how can such a [weakened] servant of my lord talk with such [a being] as my lord? For now there remains no strength in me, nor has any breath been left in me.”

So they went into the ark with Noah, two by two of all living beings in which there was the breath and spirit of life.

Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.”’”

Thus says the Lord God to these bones, ‘Behold, I will make breath enter you so that you may come to life.

Let everything that has breath and every breath of life praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

Then the lawless one [the Antichrist] will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of His mouth and bring him to an end by the appearance of His coming.

Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call on Him as long as I live.

Who knows if the spirit of man ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth?

And he is given power to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast will even [appear to] speak, and cause those who do not bow down and worship the image of the beast to be put to death.

“By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

“My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The grave is ready for me.

“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who says to the wooden image, ‘Awake!’
And to the speechless stone, ‘Arise!’
And that is your teacher?
Look, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
And there is no breath at all inside it.

“For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would grow weak before Me,
And the breath of those whom I have created.

Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord [and relentless in his search for believers], went to the high priest,

“I said, ‘I will climb the palm tree;
I will grasp its branches.
Let your breasts be like clusters of the grapevine,
And the fragrance of your breath like apples,