45 Bible Verses about breath
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when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of Shaddai gives life to me.
Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow.
And after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.
And I, behold, I [am] about to bring the flood waters over the earth to destroy all flesh in which [is] the breath of life from under the heaven; everything that [is] on the earth shall perish.
And the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath returns to God who gave it.
By the word of Yahweh [the] heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
I will praise Yahweh while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I [am] still [alive].
All scripture [is] inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness,
Thus says the God, Yahweh, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it.
For the fate of {humans} and the fate of the beast is {the same}. The death of the one is like the death of the other, for {both are mortal}. Man has no advantage over the beast, for both are fleeting.
But from the cities of these peoples that Yahweh your God [is] giving to you as an inheritance, you shall not let anything live that breathes.
If he should set his heart to it, and he should gather his spirit and his breath to himself,
nor is he served by human hands [as if he] needed anything, [because] he himself gives to everyone life and breath and everything.
And I will lay on you sinews, and I will let flesh come upon you, and I will cover you over [with] skin, and I will put breath into you, and you will live, and you will know that I [am] Yahweh." '"
The lamp of Yahweh [is] the spirit of humankind, he who searches every {innermost part}.
So {how am I, a servant of my lord} to speak with {you, my lord}, and I {just now} {have no strength in me}?"
And they came to Noah to the ark, {two of each}, from every living thing in which [was] the breath of life.
And he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and you must say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh {from the four winds}, "Come, O spirit and breath, on these dead ones, so that they may live!" '"
Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones: "Look! I [am] bringing into you breath, and you will live!
and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of his mouth, and wipe out by the appearance of his coming,
For no one knows [whether] the spirit of a human ascends [to heaven] and [whether] the spirit of the beast descends to the ground!
And it was given to him to put breath into the image of the beast, in order that the image of the beast both spoke and caused that all those, unless they worshiped the image of the beast, should be killed.
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they come to an end.
Woe to [him who] says to the wood, 'Wake up!' [And] to a lifeless stone, 'Arise!' Can he teach? Look, it is covered [with] gold and silver, and there is no breath within it.
For I will not attack forever, and I will not be angry forever, for [the] spirit will grow faint before me, and [the] breaths [that] I myself I have made.
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
I say, "I will climb up the palm tree; I will lay hold of its fruit clusters." Let your breasts [be pleasing] like clusters of the vine and the scent of your breath like the apples.
From Thematic Bible
Breath » Of God
By the word of Yahweh [the] heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
Then the channels of water of the sea were exposed, the foundations of the world, at the rebuke of Yawheh, from the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they come to an end.
Then the channels of [the] sea became visible, and [the] foundations of [the] world were uncovered by your rebuke, O Yahweh, by the {blast} of the wind of your nose.
"He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his new shoot, and by the wind of his mouth he shall be removed.
Breath » Of life
when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Turn away from humanity, who [has] breath in its nostrils, for by what [is] it esteemed?
Thus says the Lord Yahweh to these bones: "Look! I [am] bringing into you breath, and you will live!
And [now] you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven, and the vessels of his temple you have brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have been drinking wine from them, and you have praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone that [do] not see and [do] not hear and [do] not know, but the God {who holds your life in his hand} and all of your ways {come from him}, you have not honored.
nor is he served by human hands [as if he] needed anything, [because] he himself gives to everyone life and breath and everything.
Breath » Figurative
And he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and you must say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord Yahweh {from the four winds}, "Come, O spirit and breath, on these dead ones, so that they may live!" '"
Topics on Breath
Breath Of God
Psalm 33:6By the word of Yahweh [the] heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
Breath Of Life
Genesis 2:7when Yahweh God formed the man [of] dust from the ground, and he blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
God Giving Breath
Job 33:4The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of Shaddai gives life to me.
Having No Breath
Jeremiah 10:14{Everyone} is stupid, {without knowledge}, every goldsmith is ashamed by [his] divine image, for his cast image [is] an illusion, and [there is] no breath in them.
Man A Mere Breath
Psalm 39:5Look, you have made my days [mere] handbreadths, and my lifespan as nothing next to you. Surely every person standing firm [is] complete vanity. Selah
Under One's Breath
Genesis 24:45I had not yet finished speaking to myself when, behold, Rebekah [was] coming out with her jar on her shoulder. And she went down to the spring and drew water. And I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'