Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.

Mankind

General references

Bible References

Whose hand

Numbers 16:22
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
Daniel 5:23
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 lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drank wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, thou hast not glorified.
Acts 17:25
Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

The breath

Job 27:3
All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;
Job 34:14
If he should set his heart upon man, if he should gather to himself his spirit and his breath;
Genesis 2:7
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.
Genesis 6:17
And behold, I, even I do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, in which is the breath of life, from under heaven: and every thing that is on the earth shall die.
Psalm 104:29
Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
Psalm 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Mankind

John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.

General references

Genesis 1:25
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every animal that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.