45 Bible Verses about breath
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then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
In his 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.
But after the three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.
For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven. Everything that is on the earth shall die.
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish.
I will praise the LORDas long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.
Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it:
For what happens to the children of man and what happens to the beasts is the same; as one dies, so dies the other. They all have the same breath, and man has no advantage over the beasts, for all is vanity.
But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes,
When you send forth your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the ground.
If he should set his heart to it and gather to himself his spirit and his breath,
nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
And I will lay sinews upon you, and will cause flesh to come upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I am the LORD."
The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
How can my lord's servant talk with my lord? For now no strength remains in me, and no breath is left in me."
They went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there was the breath of life.
Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, 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 cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.
Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
Who knows whether the spirit of man goes upward and the spirit of the beast goes down into the earth?
And it was allowed to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast might even speak and might cause those who would not worship the image of the beast to be slain.
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
Woe to him who says to a wooden thing, Awake; to a silent stone, Arise! Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it.
For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breath of life that I made.
But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
I say I will climb the palm tree and lay hold of its fruit. Oh may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the scent of your breath like apples,
From Thematic Bible
Breath » Of God
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
Then the channels of the sea were seen; the foundations of the world were laid bare, at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.
By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.
Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.
he will not depart from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoots, and by the breath of his mouth he will depart.
Breath » Of life
then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Stop regarding man in whose nostrils is breath, for of what account is he?
Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.
but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored.
nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.
Breath » Figurative
Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, 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."
Topics on Breath
Breath Of God
Psalm 33:6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
Breath Of Life
Genesis 2:7then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed 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 the Almighty gives me life.
Having No Breath
Jeremiah 10:14Every man is stupid and without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols, for his images are false, and there is no breath in them.
Man A Mere Breath
Psalm 39:5Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah
Under One's Breath
Genesis 24:45"Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her water jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'