The vital force that sustains human life is a powerful symbol in Scripture, emphasizing God's creative and life-giving power. In Genesis, God breathes life into Adam, forming him into a living being, while in Job, the breath of God is credited as the source of wisdom and understanding. The Psalms call all beings to praise God with the breath they have been given, and in John, Jesus imparts the Holy Spirit to His disciples through breath. Throughout the Bible, including passages like Job, breath is a reminder of God's presence and gift of life.
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Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Job 27:3
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as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”
This is what God the LORD says— He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath, all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.
Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.
This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.
It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them. After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.” When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”
When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.
The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.