'Earth' in the Bible

One generation goes and another generation comes,But the earth remains forever.

Who knows if the spirit of man ascends upward and the spirit of the animal descends downward to the earth?

Do not be hasty with your mouth [speaking careless words or vows] or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few.

After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land.

Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who always does good and who never sins.

There is a meaningless and futile thing which is done on the earth: that is, there are righteous men whose gain is as though they were evil, and evil men whose gain is as though they were righteous. I say that this too is futility (meaningless, vain).

When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to see the activities [of mankind] that take place upon the earth—how some men seem to sleep neither day nor night—

I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the ground.

Give a portion to seven, or even [divide it] to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.

If the clouds are full [of rain], they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it lies.

then the dust [out of which God made man’s body] will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.