'Breath' in the Bible

And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.

For truly, I will send a great flow of waters over the earth, for the destruction from under the heaven of all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything on the earth will come to an end.

They went with Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh in which is the breath of life.

Everything on the dry land, in which was the breath of life, came to its end.

By your breath the waves were massed together, the flowing waters were lifted up like a pillar; the deep waters became solid in the heart of the sea.

Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.

Now after this, the son of the woman of the house became ill, so ill that there was no breath in him.

And after the earth-shock a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, the sound of a soft breath.

Why did death not take me when I came out of my mother's body, why did I not, when I came out, give up my last breath?

By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

And a breath was moving over my face; the hair of my flesh became stiff:

I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.

Why then did you make me come out of my mother's body? It would have been better for me to have taken my last breath, and for no eye to have seen me,

But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.

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

Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

My breath is strange to my wife, and I am disgusting to the offspring of my mother's body.

(For all my breath is still in me, and the spirit of God is my life;)

But truly it is the spirit in man, even the breath of the Ruler of all, which gives them knowledge.

For I am full of words, I am unable to keep in my breath any longer:

The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Ruler of all gives me life.

If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

But if not, they come to their end, and give up their breath without knowledge.

By the breath of God ice is made, and the wide waters are shut in.

Is it through you that he is shaking like a locust, in the pride of his loud-sounding breath?

His breath puts fire to coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

Then the deep beds of the waters were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of your words of wrath, O Lord, because of the breath from your mouth.

By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the army of heaven by the breath of his mouth.

You have made my days no longer than a hand's measure; and my years are nothing in your eyes; truly, every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.)

Truly men of low birth are nothing, and men of high position are not what they seem; if they are put in the scales together they are less than a breath.

So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble.

So he kept in mind that they were only flesh; a breath which is quickly gone, and will not come again.

The Lord has knowledge of the thoughts of man, for they are only a breath.

If your face is veiled, they are troubled; when you take away their breath, they come to an end, and go back to the dust.

They have ears, but no hearing; and there is no breath in their mouths.

While I have breath I will give praise to the Lord: I will make melody to my God while I have my being.

Man's breath goes out, he is turned back again to dust; in that day all his purposes come to an end.

Let everything which has breath give praise to the Lord. Let the Lord be praised.

He who gets stores of wealth by a false tongue, is going after what is only breath, and searching for death.

Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.

I said, Let me go up the palm-tree, and let me take its branches in my hands: your breasts will be as the fruit of the vine, and the smell of your breath like apples;

Have no more to do with man, whose life is only a breath, for he is of no value.

But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.

And his breath is as an overflowing stream, coming up even to the neck, shaking the nations for their destruction, like the shaking of grain in a basket: and he will put a cord in the mouths of the people, turning them out of their way.

For a place of fire has long been ready; yes, it has been made ready for the king; he has made it deep and wide: it is massed with fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of fire, puts a light to it.

Your designs will be without profit, and their effect will be nothing: you will be burned up by the fire of my breath.

The grass becomes dry, the flower is dead; because the breath of the Lord goes over it: truly the people is grass.

They have only now been planted, and their seed put into the earth, and they have only now taken root, when he sends out his breath over them and they become dry, and the storm-wind takes them away like dry grass.

God the Lord, even he who made the heavens, measuring them out on high; stretching out the earth, and giving its produce; he who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who go about on it, says:

Your false gods will not keep you safe in answer to your cry; but the wind will take them, they will be gone like a breath: but he who puts his hope in me will take the land, and will have my holy mountain as his heritage.

For I will not give punishment for ever, or be angry without end: for from me breath goes out; and I it was who made the souls.

A voice has come to my ears like the voice of a woman in birth-pains, the pain of one giving birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, fighting for breath, stretching out her hands, saying, Now sorrow is mine! for my strength is gone from me before the takers of life.

Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the image he has made: for his metal image is deceit, and there is no breath in them.

I sent for my lovers, but they were false to me: my priests and my responsible men were breathing their last breath in the town, while they were looking for food to give them new life.

Our breath of life, he on whom the holy oil was put, was taken in their holes; of whom we said, Under his shade we will be living among the nations.

As they put silver and brass and iron and lead and tin together inside the oven, heating up the fire on it to make it soft; so will I get you together in my wrath and in my passion, and, heating the fire with my breath, will make you soft.

This is what the Lord has said to these bones: See, I will make breath come into you so that you may come to life;

And I will put muscles on you and make flesh come on you, and put skin over you, and breath into you, so that you may have life; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

And looking I saw that there were muscles on them and flesh came up, and they were covered with skin: but there was no breath in them.

And I gave the word at his orders, and breath came into them, and they came to life and got up on their feet, a very great army.

But you have been lifting yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and they have put the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your women, have taken wine in them; and you have given praise to gods of silver and gold, of brass and iron and wood and stone, who are without the power of seeing or hearing, and without knowledge: and to the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not given glory;

For how may this servant of my lord have talk with my lord? for, as for me, straight away my strength went from me and there was no breath in my body.

A curse on him who says to the wood, Awake! to the unbreathing stone, Up! let it be a teacher! See, it is plated with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all inside it.

You were looking for much, and it came to little; and when you got it into your house, I took it away with a breath. Why? says the Lord of armies. Because of my house which is a waste, while every man takes care of the house which is his.

And you say, See, what a weariness it is! and you let out your breath at it, says the Lord of armies; and you have given what has been cut about by beasts, and what is damaged in its feet and ill; this is the offering you give: will this be pleasing to me from your hands? says the Lord.