Jeremiah 38:16

New International Reader's Version

But King Zedekiah promised Jeremiah secretly, “I won’t kill you. And I won’t hand you over to those who want to kill you. That’s just as sure as the Lord is alive. He’s the one who has given us breath.”

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Remember your Creator before you return to the dust you came from. Remember him before your spirit goes back to God who gave it.

Isaiah 42:5

God created the heavens and stretches them out. The Lord spreads out the earth with everything that grows on it. He gives breath to its people. He gives life to those who walk on it. He says to his servant,

Isaiah 57:16

I will not find fault with my people forever. I will not always be angry with them. If I were, I would cause their spirits to grow weak. The people I created would faint away.

Jeremiah 34:20

So I will hand over all those people to their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.

Jeremiah 37:17

Then King Zedekiah sent for him. King Zedekiah had Jeremiah brought to the palace. There the king spoke to him in private. The king asked, “Do you have a message from the Lord for me?” “Yes,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”

Zechariah 12:1

This is a prophecy. It is the Lord’s message about Israel. The Lord spreads out the heavens. He lays the foundation of the earth. He creates the human spirit within a person. He says,

Numbers 16:22

But Moses and Aaron fell with their faces to the ground. They cried out, “God, you are the God who gives life and breath to all living things. Will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?”

Numbers 27:16

“Lord, you are the God who gives life and breath to all living things. Please put someone in charge of this community.

John 3:2

He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. We know that God is with you. If he weren’t, you couldn’t do the signs you are doing.”

Acts 17:25

He is not served by human hands. He doesn’t need anything. Instead, he himself gives life and breath to all people. He also gives them everything else they have.

Acts 17:28

‘In him we live and move and exist.’ As some of your own poets have also said, ‘We are his children.’

Hebrews 12:9

Besides, we have all had human fathers who trained us. We respected them for it. How much more should we be trained by the Father of spirits and live!