Genesis 2:7

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].

Genesis 3:19


“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”

Job 33:4


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

1 Corinthians 15:45

So it is written [in Scripture], “The first man, Adam, became a living soul (an individual);” the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving spirit [restoring the dead to life].

Psalm 103:14


For He knows our [mortal] frame;
He remembers that we are [merely] dust.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

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.

Isaiah 64:8


Yet, O Lord, You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our Potter,
And we all are the work of Your hand.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man [Adam] is from the earth, earthy [made of dust]; the second Man [Christ, the Lord] is from heaven.

Genesis 3:23

therefore the Lord God sent Adam away from the Garden of Eden, to till and cultivate the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 7:22

Everything on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath and spirit of life, died.

Job 27:3


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

Isaiah 2:22


Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];
For why should he be esteemed?

Acts 17:25

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.

Numbers 16:22

But they fell on their faces [before the Lord], and said, “O God, God of the spirits of all flesh! When one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?”

Numbers 27:16

Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

Job 4:19


‘How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay,
Whose foundations are in the dust,
Who are crushed like a moth.

Job 33:6


“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too was formed out of the clay.

Psalm 100:3


Know and fully recognize with gratitude that the Lord Himself is God;
It is He who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His].
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Psalm 139:14-15


I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.

Proverbs 20:27


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

Ecclesiastes 3:7


A time to tear apart and a time to sew together;
A time to keep silent and a time to speak.

Ecclesiastes 3:20-21

All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust.

Zechariah 12:1

The oracle (a burdensome message) of the word of the Lord concerning Israel.

Thus declares the Lord who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him:

John 20:22

And when He said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Romans 9:20

On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers [arrogantly] back to God and dares to defy Him? Will the thing which is formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this precious treasure [the good news about salvation] in [unworthy] earthen vessels [of human frailty], so that the grandeur and surpassing greatness of the power will be [shown to be] from God [His sufficiency] and not from ourselves.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly tent [our physical body] which is our house is torn down [through death], we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Hebrews 12:9

Moreover, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we submitted and respected them [for training us]; shall we not much more willingly submit to the Father of spirits, and live [by learning from His discipline]?

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

Know and fully recognize with gratitude that the Lord Himself is God;
It is He who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His].
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
Psalm 139:14

I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Wonderful are Your works,
And my soul knows it very well.
Isaiah 64:8

Yet, O Lord, You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our Potter,
And we all are the work of Your hand.

And breathed

Job 27:3

As long as my life is within me,
And the breath of God is [still] in my nostrils,
Job 33:4

“The Spirit of God has made me,
And the breath of the Almighty gives me life [which inspires me].
John 20:22
And when He said this, He breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
Acts 17:25
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.

Nostrils

Genesis 7:22
Everything on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath and spirit of life, died.
Ecclesiastes 3:21
Who knows if the spirit of man ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth?
Isaiah 2:22

Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];
For why should he be esteemed?

A living

Numbers 16:22
But they fell on their faces [before the Lord], and said, “O God, God of the spirits of all flesh! When one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?”
Numbers 27:16
Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
Proverbs 20:27

The spirit (conscience) of man is the lamp of the Lord,
Searching and examining all the innermost parts of his being.
Zechariah 12:1
The oracle (a burdensome message) of the word of the Lord concerning Israel.

Thus declares the Lord who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him:
1 Corinthians 15:45
So it is written [in Scripture], “The first man, Adam, became a living soul (an individual);” the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving spirit [restoring the dead to life].
Hebrews 12:9
Moreover, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we submitted and respected them [for training us]; shall we not much more willingly submit to the Father of spirits, and live [by learning from His discipline]?

General references

Job 33:4

“The Spirit of God has made me,
And the breath of the Almighty gives me life [which inspires me].
Job 35:11

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
1 Timothy 2:13
For Adam was formed first [by God from the earth], then Eve;