39 Bible Verses about breathing

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].

All Scripture is God-breathed [given by divine inspiration] and is profitable for instruction, for conviction [of sin], for correction [of error and restoration to obedience], for training in righteousness [learning to live in conformity to God’s will, both publicly and privately—behaving honorably with personal integrity and moral courage];

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

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

In whose hand is the life of every living thing,
And the breath of all mankind?

“His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made,
And all their host by the breath of His mouth.

For behold, I, even I, will bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all life under the heavens in which there is the breath and spirit of life; everything that is on the land shall die.

“Ice is made by the breath of God,
And the expanse of the waters is frozen.

Then the lawless one [the Antichrist] will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of His mouth and bring him to an end by the appearance of His coming.

You send out Your Spirit, they are created;
You renew the face of the ground.

“But there is [a vital force and] a spirit [of intelligence] in man,
And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

This is what God the Lord says,

He who created the heavens and stretched them out,
Who spread out the earth and its produce,
Who gives breath to the people on it
And spirit to those who walk on it,

When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth;
In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.

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

Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,
For false witnesses have come against me;
They breathe out violence.

While I live I will praise the Lord;
I will sing praises to my God as long as I live.

I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin, and I will put breath in you so that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the Lord.’”

And he is given power to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast will even [appear to] speak, and cause those who do not bow down and worship the image of the beast to be put to death.

“By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, 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.”’”

“He will not allow me to catch my breath,
But fills and saturates me with bitterness.

Let everything that has breath and every breath of life praise the Lord!
Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!)

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

Only in the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, you shall not leave alive anything that breathes.

“But the eyes of the wicked will fail,
And they will not escape [the justice of God];
And their hope is to breathe their last [and die].”

For the [earthly] fate of the sons of men and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no preeminence or advantage for man [in and of himself] over an animal, for all is vanity.

Thus says the Lord God to these bones, ‘Behold, I will make breath enter you so that you may come to life.

So they went into the ark with Noah, two by two of all living beings in which there was the breath and spirit of life.

“If God should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself [that is, withdraw from man] His [life-giving] spirit and His breath,

You have heard my voice,
“Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief,
From my cry for help.”

“My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The grave is ready for me.

For how can such a [weakened] servant of my lord talk with such [a being] as my lord? For now there remains no strength in me, nor has any breath been left in me.”

Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call on Him as long as I live.

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

The Lord knows the thoughts of man,
That they are a mere breath (vain, empty, futile).

And I looked, and behold, there were sinews on the bones, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them.

Man is like a mere breath;
His days are like a shadow that passes away.

Then the stream beds of the waters appeared,
And the foundations of the world were laid bare
At Your rebuke, O Lord,
At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.