Genesis 2:7
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7 then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground[a] and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.(A)
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- 2.7 In Heb the word for ground resembles the word for man
1 Corinthians 15:45
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45 Thus it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 12:7
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7 and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the breath[a] returns to God who gave it.(A)
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- 12.7 Or the spirit
Isaiah 64:8
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8 Yet, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.(A)
Job 33:4
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- 33.4 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Acts 17:25
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25 nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all mortals life and breath and all things.(A)
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Genesis 3:19
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19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread
until you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”(A)
Psalm 103:14
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14 For he knows how we were made;
he remembers that we are dust.(A)
Job 27:3
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3 as long as my breath is in me
and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,
1 Corinthians 15:47
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47 The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is[a] from heaven.(A)
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- 15.47 Other ancient authorities add the Lord
Genesis 7:22
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22 everything on dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died.(A)
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Romans 9:20
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20 But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”(A)
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Genesis 3:23
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23 therefore the Lord God sent them forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which they were taken.(A)
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Zechariah 12:1
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Jerusalem’s Victory
12 An Oracle.
The word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the human spirit within:(A)
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Isaiah 2:22
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22 [[Turn away from mortals,
who have only breath in their nostrils,
for of what account are they?]][a](A)
Psalm 100:3
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3 Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;[a]
we are his people and the sheep of his pasture.(A)
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- 100.3 Or and not we ourselves
Numbers 16:22
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22 They fell on their faces and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one person sin and you become angry with the whole congregation?”(A)
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Hebrews 12:9
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9 Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we respected them. Should we not be even more willing to be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
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2 Corinthians 5:1
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5 For we know that, if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.(A)
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John 20:22
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22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
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Ecclesiastes 3:20-21
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20 All go to one place, all are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.(A) 21 Who knows whether the human spirit goes upward and the spirit of animals goes downward to the earth?(B)
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Proverbs 20:27
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27 The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord,
searching every inmost part.(A)
Psalm 139:14-15
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14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wonderful are your works;
that I know very well.(A)
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.(B)
Job 33:6
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6 See, before God I am as you are;
I, too, was formed from a piece of clay.
2 Corinthians 4:7
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7 But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that it may be made clear that this extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.(A)
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