Genesis 2:7

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.

Genesis 6:17

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.

Genesis 7:15

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

Genesis 7:22

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

Exodus 15:8

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.

2-Samuel 22:16

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.

1-Kings 17:17

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



1-Kings 19:12

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.

Job 3:11

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?

Job 4:9

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

Job 4:15

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

Job 7:16

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

Job 7:19

How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?

Job 9:18

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



Job 10:18

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,

Job 11:20

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.

Job 12:10

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

Job 13:19

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

Job 19:17

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

Job 27:3

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

Job 32:8

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



Job 32:18

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

Job 33:4

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

Job 34:14

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

Job 36:12

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

Job 37:10

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

Job 39:20

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

Job 41:21

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



Psalms 18:15

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.

Psalms 27:12

Do not give me into their hands, because false witnesses have come out against me, and men breathing destruction.

Psalms 33:6

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

Psalms 39:5

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.)

Psalms 39:11

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.)

Psalms 62:9

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.

Psalms 78:33

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



Psalms 78:39

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

Psalms 90:9

For all our days have gone by in your wrath; our years come to an end like a breath.

Psalms 94:11

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

Psalms 104:29

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.

Psalms 135:17

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

Psalms 144:4

Man is like a breath: his life is like a shade which is quickly gone.

Psalms 146:2

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

Psalms 146:4

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

Psalms 150:6

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

Proverbs 6:19

A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.

Proverbs 12:17

The breathing out of true words gives knowledge of righteousness; but a false witness gives out deceit.

Proverbs 14:5

A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

Proverbs 21:6

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

Proverbs 26:21

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

Song of Solomon 7:8

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;

Isaiah 2:22

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

Isaiah 11:4

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.

Isaiah 30:28

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.

Isaiah 30:33

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.

Isaiah 33:11

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

Isaiah 40:7

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

Isaiah 40:24

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.

Isaiah 42:5

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:

Isaiah 42:14

I have long been quiet, I have kept myself in and done nothing: now I will make sounds of pain like a woman in childbirth, breathing hard and quickly.

Isaiah 57:13

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.

Isaiah 57:16

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.

Jeremiah 2:24

An untrained ass, used to the waste land, breathing up the wind in her desire; at her time, who is able to send her away? all those who are looking for her will have no need to make themselves tired; in her month they will get her.

Jeremiah 4:31

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.

Jeremiah 8:16

The loud breathing of the horses comes to our ears from Dan: at the sound of the outcry of his war-horses, all the land is shaking with fear; for they have come, and have made a meal of the land and everything in it; the town and the people living in it.

Jeremiah 10:14

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.

Jeremiah 51:17

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.

Lamentations 1:4

The ways of Zion are sad, because no one comes to the holy meeting; all her doorways are made waste, her priests are breathing out sorrow: her virgins are troubled, and it is bitter for her.

Lamentations 1:8

Great is the sin of Jerusalem; for this cause she has become an unclean thing: all those who gave her honour are looking down on her, because they have seen her shame: now truly, breathing out grief, she is turned back.

Lamentations 1:11

Breathing out grief all her people are looking for bread; they have given their desired things for food to give them life: see, O Lord, and take note; for she has become a thing of shame.

Lamentations 1:19

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.

Lamentations 3:56

My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.

Lamentations 4:20

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.

Ezekiel 21:31

And I will let loose my burning passion on you, breathing out on you the fire of my wrath: and I will give you up into the hands of men like beasts, trained to destruction.

Ezekiel 22:20

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.

Ezekiel 22:21

Yes, I will take you, breathing on you the fire of my wrath, and you will become soft in it.

Ezekiel 37:5

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;

Ezekiel 37:6

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.

Ezekiel 37:8

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.

Ezekiel 37:9

And he said to me, Be a prophet to the wind, be a prophet, son of man, and say to the wind, The Lord has said: Come from the four winds, O wind, breathing on these dead so that they may come to life.

Ezekiel 37:10

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.

Daniel 5:23

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;

Daniel 10:17

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.

Habakkuk 2:19

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.

Haggai 1:9

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.

Malachi 1:13

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.

Mark 7:34

And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.

John 20:22

And when he had said this, breathing on them, he said to them, Let the holy Spirit come on you:

Acts 17:25

And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;

2-Thessalonians 2:8

And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming;

Revelation 11:11

And after three days and a half the breath of life from God went into them, and they got up on their feet; and great fear came on those who saw them.

Revelation 13:15

And he had power to give breath to the image of the beast, so that words might come from the image of the beast, and that he might have all those who did not give worship to the image of the beast put to death.





Christian Literature

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In Mark 12:30 Jesus said; And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.

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