39 Bible Verses about breathing

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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:

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

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:

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

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said unto them, Receive you the Holy Spirit:

Deliver me not over unto the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

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

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.

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.

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.

He will not permit me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

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

All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.

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:

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as one dying.

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.

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

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

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

You have heard my voice: hide not your ear at my breathing, at my cry.

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

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.

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

Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.

And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them over: but there was no breath in them.

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

Then the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.