'Earth' in the Bible

"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people.

I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place.

not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- then he said to the paralytic -- "Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home."

"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children.

For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon -- and now, something greater than Solomon is here!

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven."

"I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you.

And call no one your 'father' on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Just then the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split apart.

Then Jesus came up and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins," -- he said to the paralytic --

Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!"

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" -- he said to the paralyzed man -- "I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher and go home."

On that same occasion Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will.

The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon -- and now, something greater than Solomon is here!

"I have come to bring fire on the earth -- and how I wish it were already kindled!

Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!

You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time?

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter in the law to become void.

I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.

"And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth.

The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself."

I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth."

And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke.

You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, 'And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.'

When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said, "Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,

The kings of the earth stood together, and the rulers assembled together, against the Lord and against his Christ.'

Heaven is my throne, and earth is the footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is my resting place?

In humiliation justice was taken from him. Who can describe his posterity? For his life was taken away from the earth."

He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.

In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds.

As I stared I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds.

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"

"Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands,

From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,

The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, "Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!"

For the scripture says to Pharaoh: "For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth."

for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth completely and quickly."

But I ask, have they not heard? Yes, they have: Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

for the earth and its abundance are the Lord's.

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

Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord --

toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ -- the things in heaven and the things on earth.

from whom every family in heaven and on the earth is named.

Now what is the meaning of "he ascended," except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?

"that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth."

so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow -- in heaven and on earth and under the earth --

for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him -- all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers -- all things were created through him and for him.

and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross -- through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven.

Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth,

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

And, "You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands.

Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.

(the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.

Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven?

Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too."

You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.

And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your "Yes" be yes and your "No" be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.

in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires.

For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water.

But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.

But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides.

and from Jesus Christ -- the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood

(Look! He is returning with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes on the earth will mourn because of him. This will certainly come to pass! Amen.)

Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth.

But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it.

Then I saw standing in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth."

Then I heard every creature -- in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them -- singing: "To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power forever and ever!"

And another horse, fiery red, came out, and the one who rode it was granted permission to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher one another, and he was given a huge sword.

So I looked and here came a pale green horse! The name of the one who rode it was Death, and Hades followed right behind. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword, famine, and disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.

They cried out with a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?"

and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when shaken by a fierce wind.

Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so no wind could blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.

Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, who had the seal of the living God. He shouted out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given permission to damage the earth and the sea:

"Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God."

Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.