68 Verses About Breath from 24 Books

1 Kings 15:29

It happened that, as soon as he was king, he struck all the house of Jeroboam: he didn't leave to Jeroboam any who breathed, until he had destroyed him; according to the saying of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite;

1 Kings 17:17

It happened after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so severe, that there was no breath left in him.

2 Samuel 22:16

Then the channels of the sea appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare by the rebuke of the LORD, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;

2 Timothy 3:16

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Acts 9:1

But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

Acts 17:25

neither is he served by men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.



Daniel 5:23

but have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which don't see, nor hear, nor know; and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, you have not glorified.

Daniel 10:17

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 was there breath left in me.

Deuteronomy 20:16

But of the cities of these peoples, that the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes;

Ecclesiastes 3:19

For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.

Ezekiel 37:5

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

Ezekiel 37:6

I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezekiel 37:8

I saw, and, behold, there were sinews on them, and flesh came up, and skin covered them above; but there was no breath in them.



Ezekiel 37:9

Then he said to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and tell the wind, Thus says the Lord the LORD: Come from the four winds, breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live.

Ezekiel 37:10

So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

Genesis 2:7

the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Genesis 6:17

I, even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.

Genesis 7:15

They went to Noah into the ship, by pairs of all flesh with the breath of life in them.

Genesis 7:22

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

Habakkuk 2:19

Woe to him who says to the wood, 'Awake!' or to the mute stone, 'Arise!' Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst.



Hosea 13:15

Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of the LORD coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.

Isaiah 2:22

Stop trusting in man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for of what account is he?

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.

Isaiah 30:28

His breath is as an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that leads to ruin will be in the jaws of the peoples.

Isaiah 30:33

For his burning place has long been ready. Yes, for the king it is prepared. He has made its pyre deep and large with fire and much wood. the LORD's breath, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.

Isaiah 33:11

You will conceive chaff. You will bring forth stubble. Your breath is a fire that will devour you.

Isaiah 40:7

The grass withers, the flower fades, because the LORD's breath blows on it. Surely the people are like grass.



Isaiah 42:5

Thus says God the LORD, he who created the heavens and stretched them out, he who spread out the earth and that which comes out of it, he who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk in it.

Isaiah 57:13

When you cry, let those who you have gathered deliver you; but the wind shall take them, a breath shall carry them all away: but he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain."

Isaiah 59:19

So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of the LORD drives.

Epistle of Jeremiah 6:25

These things wherein there is no breath are bought for a most high price.

Jeremiah 4:31

For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of her who brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, [saying], "Woe is me now! For my soul faints before the murderers."

Jeremiah 10:14

Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his engraved image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

Jeremiah 51:17

Every man is become brutish [and is] without knowledge; every goldsmith is disappointed by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.



Job 4:9

By the breath of God they perish. By the blast of his anger are they consumed.

Job 7:7

Oh remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.

Job 7:16

I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Job 9:18

He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

Job 12:10

in whose hand is the life of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

Job 15:30

He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches. By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.

Job 19:17

My breath is offensive to my wife. I am loathsome to the children of my own mother.

Job 32:8

But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

Job 33:4

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Job 34:14

If he set his heart on himself, If he gathered to himself his spirit and his breath,

Job 37:10

By the breath of God, ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen.

Job 41:21

His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.

John 20:22

When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit!

Joshua 10:40

So Joshua struck all the land, the hill country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded.

Joshua 11:11

They struck all the souls who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was no one left who breathed. He burnt Hazor with fire.

Joshua 11:14

The children of Israel took all the spoil of these cities, with the livestock, as spoils for themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They didn't leave any who breathed.

Lamentations 3:56

You heard my voice; don't hide your ear at my breathing, at my cry.

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

Luke 23:46

Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" Having said this, he breathed his last.

Mark 15:39

When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!"

Psalms 18:15

Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, the LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils.

Psalms 27:12

Don't deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty.

Psalms 33:6

By the LORD's word, the heavens were made; all their army by the breath of his mouth.

Psalms 39:5

Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.

Psalms 39:11

When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath." Selah.

Psalms 62:9

Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.

Psalms 104:29

You hide your face: they are troubled; you take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.

Psalms 135:17

They have ears, but they can't hear; neither is there any breath in their mouths.

Psalms 144:4

Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.

Psalms 150:6

Let everything that has breath praise Yah! Praise Yah!

Revelation 11:11

After the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them.

Revelation 13:15

It was given to him to give breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn't worship the image of the beast to be killed.

Song of Solomon 7:8

I said, "I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit." Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples, Beloved





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