breath
What does the Bible say about breath? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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4The Spirit of God made me, and the breath of the Almighty gave me life.
7And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.
3as long as my breath remains in me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
6Let every spirit praise the Lord. Alleluia.
22When he had said this, he breathed on them. And he said to them: “Receive the Holy Spirit.
9And he said to me: “Prophesy to the spirit! Prophesy, O son of man, and you shall say to the spirit: Thus says the Lord God: Approach, O spirit, from the four winds, and blow across these ones who were slain, and revive them.”
5Thus says the Lord God, who created the heavens and expanded it, who formed the earth and all that springs from it, who gives breath to the people in it, and spirit to those walking on it.
16All Scripture, having been divinely inspired, is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in justice,
14But, if he directs his heart towards him, he will draw his spirit and breath to himself. 15All flesh will fail together, and man will return to ashes.
25Neither is he served by the hands of men, as if in need of anything, since it is he who gives to all things life and breath and all else.
5Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will send spirit into you, and you shall live.
19Then, when it was late on the same day, on the first of the Sabbaths, and the doors were closed where the disciples were gathered, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst, and he said to them: “Peace to you.” 20And when he had said this, he showed them his hands and side. And the disciples were gladdened when they saw the Lord. 21Therefore, he said to them again: “Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22When he had said this, he breathed on them. And he said to them: “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23Those whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them, and those whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.”
29But if you turn your face away, they will be disturbed. You will take away their breath, and they will fail, and they will return to their dust. 30You will send forth your Spirit, and they will be created. And you will renew the face of the earth.
22Therefore, rest away from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he considers himself to be exalted.
7The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. For the Spirit of the Lord has blown over it. Truly, the people are like grass.
6By the word of the Lord, the heavens were established, and all their power, by the Spirit of his mouth: