6 Bible Verses about Breath

Genesis 2:7 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Job 33:4 ESV / 36 helpful votes

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

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 6 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

John 20:22 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

Job 34:14-15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If he should set his heart to it and gather to himself his spirit and his breath, all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust.

Job 27:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

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