What Does The Bible Say About?

Breath

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Job 33:4

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

Genesis 2:7

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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.

Job 27:3

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as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,

Psalm 150:6

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Let everything that has breath praise the LORD! Hallelujah!

John 20:22

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When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Isaiah 42:5

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This is what God the LORD says—He who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and its offspring, who gives breath to the people on it and life to those who walk in it:

Ezekiel 37:9

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Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and tell the breath that this is what the Lord GOD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, so that they may live!”

2 Timothy 3:16

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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Job 34:14-15

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If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath, all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

Acts 17:25

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Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.

Ezekiel 37:5

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This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life.

John 20:19-23

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It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them. After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.” When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone his sins, they are forgiven; if you withhold forgiveness from anyone, it is withheld.”

Isaiah 2:22

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Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

Psalm 104:29-30

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When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust. When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

Isaiah 40:7

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The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass.

Psalm 33:6

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By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth.

Job 4:9

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By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.

Ezekiel 37:6

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I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

Job 32:8

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But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

Psalm 18:15

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The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed, at Your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

Hebrews 11:1

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Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

Psalm 150:1-6

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Hallelujah! Praise God in His sanctuary. Praise Him in His mighty heavens. Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him for His excellent greatness. Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre. Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute. Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals. . . .

Acts 9:1

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Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached the high priest

Genesis 6:17

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And behold, I will bring floodwaters upon the earth to destroy every creature under the heavens that has the breath of life. Everything on the earth will perish.

Isaiah 30:33

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For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

Job 12:10

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The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

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And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

Daniel 10:17

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How can I, your servant, speak with you, my lord? Now I have no strength, nor is any breath left in me.”

Isaiah 11:4

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but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

1 Corinthians 15:45

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So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

Ezekiel 37:10

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So I prophesied as He had commanded me, and the breath entered them, and they came to life and stood on their feet—a vast army.

Genesis 7:22

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Of all that was on dry land, everything that had the breath of life in its nostrils died.

Psalm 146:4

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When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

Job 37:10

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By the breath of God the ice is formed and the watery expanses are frozen.

John 3:16

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Psalm 33:1-22

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Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him. Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings. Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy. For the word of the LORD is upright, and all His work is trustworthy. The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion. . . .

2 Peter 1:20-21

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Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation. For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

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All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

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before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

Job 15:30

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He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

Matthew 17:20

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“Because you have so little faith,” He answered. “For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Psalm 104:30

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When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

Isaiah 11:2

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The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

Job 26:13

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By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

John 3:16-17

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For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

2 Samuel 22:16

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The channels of the sea appeared, and the foundations of the world were exposed at the rebuke of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

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For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

Ezekiel 18:4

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Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die.

Genesis 1:2

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Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.

Revelation 1:1-20

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This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, . . .

Revelation 19:1-21

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After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God! For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.” And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.” And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!” Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!” . . .

Daniel 5:23

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Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. The vessels from His house were brought to you, and as you drank wine from them with your nobles, wives, and concubines, you praised your gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you have failed to glorify the God who holds in His hand your very breath and all your ways.

Isaiah 41:10

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Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.

Jeremiah 10:14

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Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.

John 10:10

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The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life, and have it in all its fullness.

Psalm 23:1

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A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psalm 46:10

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“Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted over the earth.”

1 Kings 17:17

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Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him.

Colossians 2:1-23

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For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face, that they may be encouraged in heart, knit together in love, and filled with the full riches of complete understanding, so that they may know the mystery of God, namely Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric. For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ. . . .

John 14:6

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Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Psalm 104:29

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When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

2 Chronicles 7:14

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and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

2 Peter 1:21

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For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

Leviticus 17:11

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For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

1 Corinthians 2:13

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And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

1 Samuel 3:9

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“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

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For the fates of both men and beasts are the same: As one dies, so dies the other—they all have the same breath. Man has no advantage over the animals, since everything is futile.

Genesis 1:20

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And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”

Genesis 2:9

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Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Hebrews 11:3

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By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Hebrews 9:27

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Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

John 8:12

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Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Luke 1:37

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For no word from God will ever fail.”

Matthew 6:33

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But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

Psalm 115:17

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It is not the dead who praise the LORD, nor any who descend into silence.

1 Chronicles 16:11

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Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

Ezekiel 37:5-6

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This is what the Lord GOD says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will come to life. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh grow upon you and cover you with skin. I will put breath within you so that you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”

Genesis 1:1-2:25

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In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. . . .

Genesis 7:15

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They came to Noah to enter the ark, two by two of every creature with the breath of life.

Jeremiah 1:5

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“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Job 33:5

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Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.

Job 41:21

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His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.

John 10:2

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But the one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.

Luke 23:46

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Then Jesus called out in a loud voice, “Father, into Your hands I commit My Spirit.” And when He had said this, He breathed His last.

Philippians 4:13

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I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

Psalm 139:13-16

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For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

Psalm 23:4

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Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Revelation 1:1

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This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

Revelation 11:11

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But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.

Colossians 3:23

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Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,

Ephesians 2:8

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For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Genesis 1:30

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And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Genesis 2:6

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But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.

Job 34:14

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If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,

Job 9:18

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He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.

Psalm 6:2

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Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

1 Timothy 6:16

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He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.

John 20:21-22

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Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.” When He had said this, He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.

Psalm 27:12

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Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.

Revelation 21:4

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‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”

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