Breath Of Life


“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.”

Genesis 2:7

“And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.”

Genesis   6:17

“And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.”

Genesis 7:15

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

Genesis 7:22

  “Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.  

  There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.  

  He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.  

  And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.  

  And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.  

  Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.  

  The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice.  

  And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.  

And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.”

   2 Samuel 22:8-16

“And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.”

1 Kings 17:17

“By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.”  

Job 4:9

  “Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this?  

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

Job 12:9-10

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

  My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.”

Job 27:3-4

  “The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.”  Job 33:4

  “Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?  

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

All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.”

Job 34:13-15

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

Psalms 18:15

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

Psalms 33:6

“Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.”

Psalms 104:29

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

All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.”

Ecclesiastes  3:19-20

“Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?”

Isaiah  2:22

“But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.”

Isaiah 11:4

“For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.”

Isaiah  30:33

  “Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;  

And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;”

Acts 17:25-26


 “The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.  

But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD.”  

Psalms 115:17, 18

 “For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.  

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.”

Ecclesiastes  

9:5, 6

“They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.”

   Isaiah 26:14