Genesis 2:7
2:7 The
Lord God formed
the man from the soil of the ground
and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,
and the man became a living being.
Numbers 16:22
16:22 Then they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground
and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all people,
will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?”
Ecclesiastes 12:7
12:7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was,
and the life’s breath returns to God who gave it.
Isaiah 57:16
57:16 For I will not be hostile forever
or perpetually angry,
for then man’s spirit would grow faint before me,
the life-giving breath I created.
Jeremiah 38:16
38:16 So King Zedekiah made a secret promise to Jeremiah and sealed it with an oath. He promised,
“As surely as the
Lord lives who has given us life and breath,
I promise you this: I will not kill you or hand you over to those men who want to kill you.”
Ezekiel 18:4
18:4 Indeed! All lives are mine – the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one
who sins will die.
Hebrews 12:9
12:9 Besides, we have experienced discipline from
our earthly fathers
and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?