Psalm 146:4
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4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth;
on that very day their plans perish.(A)
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
Psalm 104:29
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29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
when you take away their breath, they die
and return to their dust.(A)
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
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)
1 Corinthians 2:6
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The True Wisdom of God
6 Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are being destroyed.(A)
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Psalm 33:10
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10 The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the peoples.(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,
Job 17:11
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11 My days are past; my plans are broken off,
the desires of my heart.(A)
Job 14:21
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21 Their children come to honor, and they do not know it;
they are brought low, and it goes unnoticed.(A)
Daniel 5:23
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23 You have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven! The vessels of his temple have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have been drinking wine from them. You have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose power is your very breath and to whom belong all your ways, you have not honored.(A)
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Lamentations 4:20
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20 The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,
was taken in their pits—
the one of whom we said, “Under his shadow
we shall live among the nations.”(A)
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 90:3
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- 90.3 Heb humankind
Job 17:1
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Job Prays for Relief
17 “My spirit is broken; my days are extinct;
the grave is ready for me.(A)
Job 14:10
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10 But mortals die and are laid low;
humans expire, and where are they?(A)
Genesis 6:17
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17 For my part, I am going to bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.(A)
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