Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everyth
The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For
Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.
For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.
This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and
All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like th
Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and said, “O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be
The spirit of a man is the lamp of the LORD, searching out his inmost being.
Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit t
I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven,
how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!
Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation
a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak,