Psalms 146:4

Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

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 soul. of the dust...: Heb. dust of the ground

Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. the thoughts: Heb. the possessions

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. breath...: or, spirit is spent

The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. bringeth: Heb. maketh frustrate

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.