Isaiah 2:22


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

Psalm 146:3


Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).

Psalm 8:4


What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?

Psalm 144:3-4


Lord, what is man that You take notice of him?
Or the son of man that You think of him?

Jeremiah 17:5


Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.

Job 27:3


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

James 4:14

Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].

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 7:22

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

Job 7:15-21


So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pain.

Psalm 62:9


Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).
In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];
They are together lighter than a breath.

Isaiah 40:15


In fact, the nations are like a drop from a bucket,
And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales;
Now look, He lifts up the islands like fine dust.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

Bible References

Cease

Psalm 62:9

Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).
In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];
They are together lighter than a breath.
Psalm 146:3

Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
Jeremiah 17:5

Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.
Psalm 62:9

Men of low degree are only a breath (emptiness), and men of [high] rank are a lie (delusion).
In the balances they go up [because they have no measurable weight or value];
They are together lighter than a breath.
Psalm 146:3

Do not trust in princes,
In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation (help).
Jeremiah 17:5

Thus says the Lord,
“Cursed is the man who trusts in and relies on mankind,
Making [weak, faulty human] flesh his strength,
And whose mind and heart turn away from the Lord.

Whose

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 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,
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 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,

For wherein

Job 7:15

So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pain.
Psalm 8:4

What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
Psalm 144:3

Lord, what is man that You take notice of him?
Or the son of man that You think of him?
Job 7:15

So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pain.
Psalm 8:4

What is man that You are mindful of him,
And the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him?
Psalm 144:3

Lord, what is man that You take notice of him?
Or the son of man that You think of him?