Genesis 2:7

God's Word

Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the earth  and blew the breath of life into his nostrils. The man became a living being.

Cross References

Genesis 1:27

So God created humans in his image. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female.

Genesis 2:6

Instead, underground water would come up from the earth and water the entire surface of the ground.

Genesis 3:19

By the sweat of your brow, you will produce food to eat until you return to the ground, because you were taken from it. You are dust, and you will return to dust.”

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God sent the man out of the Garden of Eden to farm the ground from which the man had been formed.

Genesis 7:22

Everything on dry land (every living, breathing creature) died.

Job 27:3

‘As long as there is one breath ⌞left⌟ in me and God’s breath fills my nostrils,

Job 33:4

“God’s Spirit has made me. The breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Job 33:6

Indeed, I stand in front of God as you do. I, too, was formed from a piece of clay.

Job 4:19

How much more will he accuse those who live in clay houses that have their foundation in the dust. Those houses can be crushed quicker than a moth!

Psalm 100:3

Realize that the Lord alone is God. He made us, and we are his. We are his people and the sheep in his care.

Psalm 103:14

He certainly knows what we are made of. He bears in mind that we are dust.

Proverbs 20:27

A person’s soul is the Lord’s lamp. It searches his entire innermost being.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then the dust ⌞of mortals⌟ goes back to the ground as it was before, and the breath of life goes back to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

a time to tear apart and a time to sew together, a time to keep quiet and a time to speak out,

Isaiah 2:22

Stop trusting people. Their life is in their nostrils. How can they be worth anything?

Isaiah 64:8

But now, Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are our potter. We are the work of your hands.

Lamentations 4:20

The person the Lord anointed ⌞as king⌟, who is the breath of our life, was caught in their pits. We had thought that we would live in our king’s shadow among the nations.”

Ezekiel 37:5

This is what the Almighty Lord says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live.

Ezekiel 37:6

I will put ligaments on you, place muscles on you, and cover you with skin. I will put breath in you, and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.’ ”

Zechariah 12:1

This is the prophetic revelation, the Lord’s word about Israel. The Lord—who spread out the heavens, laid the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit in a person—says,

Numbers 16:22

Immediately, they bowed with their faces touching the ground and said, “O God, you are the God who gives the breath of life to everyone! If one man sins, will you be angry with the whole community?”

Numbers 27:16

“Lord, you are the God who gives the breath of life to everyone. Please appoint someone over the community

John 20:22

After he had said this, he breathed on the disciples and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Acts 17:25

and he isn’t served by humans as if he needed anything. He gives everyone life, breath, and everything they have.

Romans 9:20

Who do you think you are to talk back to God like that? Can an object that was made say to its maker, “Why did you make me like this?”

1 Corinthians 15:45

This is what Scripture says: “The first man, Adam, became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man was made from the dust of the earth. He came from the earth. The second man came from heaven.

2 Corinthians 4:7

Our bodies are made of clay, yet we have the treasure of the Good News in them. This shows that the superior power of this treasure belongs to God and doesn’t come from us.

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know that if the life we live here on earth is ever taken down like a tent, we still have a building from God. It is an eternal house in heaven that isn’t made by human hands.

1 Timothy 2:13

After all, Adam was formed first, then Eve.

Hebrews 12:9

On earth we have fathers who disciplined us, and we respect them. Shouldn’t we place ourselves under the authority of God, the father of spirits, so that we will live?