'On Earth' in the Bible

From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words.

Today realize and carefully consider that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below -- there is no other!

You must not make for yourself an image of anything in heaven above, on earth below, or in the waters beneath.

When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. For the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below!

When you invade, you will encounter unsuspecting people. The land is wide! God is handing it over to you -- a place that lacks nothing on earth!"

When everyone who had known him previously saw him prophesying with the prophets, the people all asked one another, "What on earth has happened to the son of Kish? Does even Saul belong with the prophets?"

He prayed: "O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity.

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth.

and prayed: "O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity.

"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man?

For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

The likes of it is not on earth, a creature without fear.

From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit!

Then those living on earth will know what you are like; all nations will know how you deliver your people.

Let foreigners rejoice and celebrate! For you execute justice among the nations, and govern the people living on earth. (Selah)

Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth.

He does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the ocean depths.

If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner!

There are four things on earth that are small, but they are exceedingly wise:

What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth?

What exists now is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth.

I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied.

I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile -- like chasing the wind!

I thought deeply about the effects of indulging myself with wine (all the while my mind was guiding me with wisdom) and the effects of behaving foolishly, so that I might discover what is profitable for people to do on earth during the few days of their lives.

Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded: "All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless -- like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth."

So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom are futile -- like chasing the wind.

So I loathed all the fruit of my effort, for which I worked so hard on earth, because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor.

Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so wisely on earth! This also is futile!

So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth.

What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?

For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:

I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.

So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.

But better than both is the one who has not been born and has not seen the evil things that are done on earth.

So I again considered another futile thing on earth:

I considered all the living who walk on earth, as well as the successor who would arise in his place.

Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few.

Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward.

Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth, and it weighs heavily on people:

For no one knows what is best for a person during his life -- during the few days of his fleeting life -- for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.

Here is another enigma that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I said, "This also is an enigma."

So I recommend the enjoyment of life, for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life. So joy will accompany him in his toil during the days of his life which God gives him on earth.

When I tried to gain wisdom and to observe the activity on earth -- even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night --

then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.

This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth: the same fate awaits everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives -- then they die.

What they loved, as well as what they hated and envied, perished long ago, and they no longer have a part in anything that happens on earth.

Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth.

This is what I also observed about wisdom on earth, and it is a great burden to me:

Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth.

The wise men replied to the king, "There is no man on earth who is able to disclose the king's secret, for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man.

"This is what he told me: 'The fourth beast means that there will be a fourth kingdom on earth that will differ from all the other kingdoms. It will devour all the earth and will trample and crush it.

But if any of the nations anywhere on earth refuse to go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord who rules over all, they will get no rain.

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."

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.

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 --

"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."

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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

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!"