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 hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

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

His breath kindleth coals, and a flame issueth from 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 every thing that is on the earth shall die.

By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

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

Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.

But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and expanded them; he that spread forth the earth, and that which it produceth; he that giveth breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein.

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

And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith to them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit.

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

While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises to 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 ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

And he had power to give life to 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 to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

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

But of the cities of these people which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:

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

For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

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

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

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

Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thy ear at my breathing, at my cry.

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

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

Because he hath inclined his ear to 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 knoweth 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 above: but there was no breath in them.

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

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