Genesis 2:7
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7 And the Lord God formed man of the (A)dust of the ground, and (B)breathed into his (C)nostrils the breath of life; and (D)man became a living being.
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Isaiah 64:8
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8 But now, O Lord,
You are our Father;
We are the clay, and You our (A)potter;
And all we are the work of Your hand.
Ecclesiastes 12:7
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7 (A)Then the dust will return to the earth as it was,
(B)And the spirit will return to God (C)who gave it.
1 Corinthians 15:45
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45 And so it is written, (A)“The first man Adam became a living being.” (B)The last Adam became (C)a life-giving spirit.
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Job 33:4
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4 (A)The Spirit of God has made me,
And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Acts 17:25
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25 Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He (A)gives to all life, breath, and all things.
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Genesis 3:19
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19 (A)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(B)For dust you are,
And (C)to dust you shall return.”
Psalm 103:14
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14 For He [a]knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust.
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- Psalm 103:14 Understands our constitution
Job 27:3
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3 As long as my breath is in me,
And the breath of God in my nostrils,
1 Corinthians 15:47
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47 (A)The first man was of the earth, (B)made[a] of dust; the second Man is [b]the Lord (C)from heaven.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:47 earthy
- 1 Corinthians 15:47 NU omits the Lord
Genesis 7:22
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22 All in (A)whose nostrils was the breath [a]of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died.
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- Genesis 7:22 LXX, Vg. omit of the spirit
Romans 9:20
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20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? (A)Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
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Genesis 3:23
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23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden (A)to till the ground from which he was taken.
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Zechariah 12:1
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The Coming Deliverance of Judah
12 The [a]burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, (A)who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and (B)forms the spirit of man within him:
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- Zechariah 12:1 oracle, prophecy
Isaiah 2:22
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22 (A)Sever[a] yourselves from such a man,
Whose (B)breath is in his nostrils;
For [b]of what account is he?
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- Isaiah 2:22 Lit. Cease yourselves from the man
- Isaiah 2:22 Lit. in what is he to be esteemed
Psalm 100:3
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3 Know that the Lord, He is God;
(A)It is He who has made us, and [a]not we ourselves;
(B)We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
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- Psalm 100:3 So with Kt., LXX, Vg.; Qr., many Heb. mss., Tg. we are His
Numbers 16:22
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22 Then they (A)fell[a] on their faces, and said, “O God, (B)the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the (C)congregation?”
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- Numbers 16:22 prostrated themselves
Hebrews 12:9
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9 Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to (A)the Father of spirits and live?
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2 Corinthians 5:1
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Assurance of the Resurrection
5 For we know that if (A)our earthly [a]house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house (B)not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
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- 2 Corinthians 5:1 Physical body
John 20:22
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22 And 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: (A)all are from the dust, and all return to dust. 21 (B)Who[a] knows the spirit of the sons of men, which goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, which goes down to the earth?
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- Ecclesiastes 3:21 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Who knows whether the spirit . . . goes upward, and whether . . . goes downward to the earth?
Proverbs 20:27
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- Proverbs 20:27 Lit. rooms of the belly
Psalm 139:14-15
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14 I will praise You, for [a]I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
15 (A)My [b]frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 139:14 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. You are fearfully wonderful
- Psalm 139:15 Lit. bones were
Job 33:6
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- Job 33:6 Lit. as your mouth
2 Corinthians 4:7
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Cast Down but Unconquered
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, (A)that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.
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