45 Bible Verses about breath
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Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man became a living being.
The Spirit of God has made me. The Breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Man is like a mere breath. His days are like a passing shadow.
After three and a half days the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet. Great fear fell upon all who saw them.
I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens. Every creature that has the breath of life in it, everything on earth will perish.
Then the dust will return to the earth as it was. The spirit (life) will return to God who gave it.
The heavens were made by the word of Jehovah, and by the breath of his mouth their entire host.
His spirit (Hebrew: ruach, breath, life) departs, he returns to the earth; in that very day his thoughts perish (come to an end).
I will praise Jehovah while I live. I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.
God inspired all Scripture! It is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness. (Greek: theopneustos: God-breathed)
But truly it is the spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty that makes for understanding.
God created the heavens and stretched them out. He fashioned the earth and all that lives there. He gave life and breath to all its people. And now Jehovah God says to his servant:
What happens to the sons of men also happens to animals. As the one dies so the other dies. Yes, they all have one breath so that a man has no advantage over animals. For all is vanity.
Do not spare anyone's life in the cities of these nations Jehovah your God is giving you as your property.
If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to himself his spirit and his breath,
I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive. You will know that I am Jehovah.'
For how can the servant of my lord talk? I had no strength in me. I was also without breath.
Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.
Then Jehovah said to me: Prophesy to the wind (ruach: air, breath, spirit, life)! Prophesy, son of man. Tell the wind, this is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'Come from the four winds, O Breath, and breathe on these people who were killed so that they will live.'
The Lord Jehovah says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life.
Then the evil (lawless) one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will put him to death with the breath of his mouth, and destroy him by the manifestation (brightness) (advent) (revelation) of his coming. (Greek: parousia: presence, return, being near)
I will call on him as long as I live because he turns his ear toward me (listens to me).
Who knows the breath of man that goes upward, and the breath of the animal that goes downward to the earth?
He had power to give breath to the image of the beast and to make that image of the beast speak. He caused many to be killed, those who would not worship the image of the beast.
Woe to anyone who says to an idol of wood or stone get up! You can learn nothing from idols covered with silver or gold? They cannot breathe or talk.
For I will not contend (rebuke) forever! Nor will I always be angry! The spirit would fail before me, and those whom I have made.
Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest.
I said, 'I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs. Also your breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of your nose like apples.'
From Thematic Bible
Breath » Of God
The heavens were made by the word of Jehovah, and by the breath of his mouth their entire host.
Then the ocean floor could be seen. The foundations of the earth were laid bare at Jehovah's stern warning, at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
The ocean floor could be seen. The foundations of the earth were laid bare at your stern warning, O Jehovah, at the blast of the breath from your nostrils.
He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.
Breath » Of life
Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man became a living being.
Stop trusting people, whose breath (life) is in their nostrils. How can they be worth anything?
The Lord Jehovah says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life.
You lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the vessels of his house before you and your lords, wives and concubines. They drank wine from them. You praise the gods of silver and gold, of copper, iron, wood, and stone, which you do not see, nor hear, nor know. You have not glorified the God whose hand holds your breath and life.
Breath » Figurative
Then Jehovah said to me: Prophesy to the wind (ruach: air, breath, spirit, life)! Prophesy, son of man. Tell the wind, this is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'Come from the four winds, O Breath, and breathe on these people who were killed so that they will live.'
Topics on Breath
Breath Of God
Psalm 33:6The heavens were made by the word of Jehovah, and by the breath of his mouth their entire host.
Breath Of Life
Genesis 2:7Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man became a living being.
God Giving Breath
Job 33:4The Spirit of God has made me. The Breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Having No Breath
Jeremiah 10:14Every man is stupid lacking knowledge. Every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. His molten images are deceitful. There is no breath in them.
Man A Mere Breath
Psalm 39:5Indeed, you have made the length of my days very short. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind.
Under One's Breath
Genesis 24:45Before I had finished speaking in my heart, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew, and I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'