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Want to know what the Bible says about Breath? Here are 42 Bible verses about Breath from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Isaiah 30:33 NIV
Topheth has long been prepared;
    it has been made ready for the king.
Its fire pit has been made deep and wide,
    with an abundance of fire and wood;
the breath of the Lord,
    like a stream of burning sulfur,
    sets it ablaze.
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Acts 9:1 NIV
Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples. He went to the high priest
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Genesis 6:17 NIV
I am going to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy all life under the heavens, every creature that has the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.
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Daniel 10:17 NIV
How can I, your servant, talk with you, my lord? My strength is gone and I can hardly breathe.”
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2 Thessalonians 2:8 NIV
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
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1 Corinthians 15:45 NIV
So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being” ; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
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Isaiah 11:4 NIV
but with righteousness he will judge the needy,
    with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth.
He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth;
    with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
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Job 12:10 NIV
In his hand is the life of every creature
    and the breath of all mankind.
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Ezekiel 37:10 NIV
So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.
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Matthew 17:20 NIV
He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
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John 3:16 NIV
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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2 Peter 1:20-21 NIV
20 Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. 21 For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
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Job 37:10 NIV
The breath of God produces ice,
    and the broad waters become frozen.
12
Job 15:30 NIV
He will not escape the darkness;
    a flame will wither his shoots,
    and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
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Genesis 7:22 NIV
Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
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Isaiah 11:2 NIV
The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
    the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding,
    the Spirit of counsel and of might,
    the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord
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Genesis 1:2 NIV
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
10
2 Timothy 3:16-17 NIV
16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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Psalm 104:30 NIV
When you send your Spirit,
    they are created,
    and you renew the face of the ground.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7 NIV
and the dust returns to the ground it came from,
    and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
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