45 Bible Verses about breath

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.

By the breath of God ice is given: and the broad waters are frozen.

His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

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

The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life.

Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away.

And after three days and a half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them who saw them.

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 everything that is in the earth shall die.

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.

While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.

O remember that my life is a breath: my eye shall no more see good.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty gives him understanding.

Thus says God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it; he that gives breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk in it:

For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; the same thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man has no advantage over a beast: for all is vanity.

But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God does give you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes:

You send forth your Spirit, they are created: and you renew the face of the earth.

If he should set his heart upon man, if he should gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

Neither is worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he gives to all life, and breath, and all things;

And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh 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 the inner depths of the heart.

For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me.

And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh, in which is the breath of life.

Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus says the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

Thus says the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live:

Let every thing that has breath praise the LORD. Praise you the LORD.

And then shall that Wicked One be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

Because he has inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?

And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.

Woe unto him that says to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in it.

For I will not contend forever, neither will I be always angry: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its branches: may also your breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the fragrance of your breath like apples;