Genesis 2:7

New King James Version

And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Cross References

Genesis 1:27

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 2:6

but a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole face of the ground.

Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”

Genesis 3:23

therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 7:22

All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died.

Job 27:3

As long as my breath is in me, And the breath of God in my nostrils,

Job 33:4

The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Job 33:6

Truly I am as your spokesman before God; I also have been formed out of clay.

Job 4:19

How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before a moth?

Psalm 100:3

Know that the Lord, He is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

Psalm 103:14

For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.

Proverbs 20:27

The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, Searching all the inner depths of his heart.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it.

Ecclesiastes 3:7

A time to tear, And a time to sew; A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;

Isaiah 2:22

Sever yourselves from such a man, Whose breath is in his nostrils; For of what account is he?

Isaiah 64:8

But now, O Lord, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.

Lamentations 4:20

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, Was caught in their pits, Of whom we said, “Under his shadow We shall live among the nations.”

Ezekiel 37:5

Thus says the Lord God to these bones: “Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.

Ezekiel 37:6

I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”

Zechariah 12:1

The burden of the word of the Lord against Israel. Thus says the Lord, who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him:

Numbers 16:22

Then they fell on their faces, and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the congregation?”

Numbers 27:16

“Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,

John 20:22

And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Acts 17:25

Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things.

Romans 9:20

But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

1 Corinthians 15:45

And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven.

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if our earthly house, this tent, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

1 Timothy 2:13

For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

Hebrews 12:9

Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?