Acts 17:25

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives to all men life and breath and everything.

Cross References

Genesis 2:7

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

Romans 11:35

“Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?”

Acts 17:28

for ‘In him we live and move and have our being’; as even some of your poets have said, ‘For we are indeed his offspring.’

Isaiah 42:5

Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:

Job 33:4

The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

Job 22:2

“Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

1 Timothy 6:17

As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches but on God who richly furnishes us with everything to enjoy.

Job 27:3

as long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

Zechariah 12:1

An Oracle The word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him:

Psalm 16:2

I say to the Lord, “Thou art my Lord; I have no good apart from thee.”

Job 12:10

In his hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind.

Acts 14:17

yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”

Matthew 9:13

Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Matthew 5:45

so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

Isaiah 57:16

For I will not contend for ever, nor will I always be angry; for from me proceeds the spirit, and I have made the breath of life.

Job 34:14

If he should take back his spirit to himself, and gather to himself his breath,

Numbers 27:16

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

Numbers 16:22

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

Deuteronomy 30:20

loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice, and cleaving to him; for that means life to you and length of days, that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”

Jeremiah 38:16

Then King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As the Lord lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of these men who seek your life.”