'Earth' in the Bible

The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of the whole earth.

For you, O Lord, are the sovereign king over the whole earth; you are elevated high above all gods.

He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us.

Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth! Break out in a joyful shout and sing!

before the Lord! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner.

The Lord reigns! The nations tremble. He sits enthroned above the winged angels; the earth shakes.

A thanksgiving psalm. Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth!

The nations will respect the reputation of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will respect his splendor,

For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the Lord will look toward earth,

In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork.

For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.

He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be upended.

You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again.

He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace; the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow.

How many living things you have made, O Lord! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made.

He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder.

May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked vanish! Praise the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!

He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth.

He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply.

The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it engulfed the group led by Abiram.

Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth!

May the Lord be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!

His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed.

He bends down to look at the sky and the earth.

Tremble, O earth, before the Lord -- before the God of Jacob,

May you be blessed by the Lord, the creator of heaven and earth!

The heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth he has given to mankind.

O Lord, your loyal love fills the earth. Teach me your statutes!

They have almost destroyed me here on the earth, but I do not reject your precepts.

You demonstrate your faithfulness to all generations. You established the earth and it stood firm.

You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag. Therefore I love your rules.

My help comes from the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth!

Our deliverer is the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth.

May the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion!

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

He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.

to the one who spread out the earth over the water, for his loyal love endures,

Let all the kings of the earth give thanks to you, O Lord, when they hear the words you speak.

my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth.

A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful,

He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides.

He sends his command through the earth; swiftly his order reaches its destination.

Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea creatures and all you ocean depths,

you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth,

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty extends over the earth and sky.

By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding.

before he made the earth and its fields, or the beginning of the dust of the world.

when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people.

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

Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.

Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? -- if you know!

There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.

Under three things the earth trembles, and under four things it cannot bear up:

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?

A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.

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.

Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal's spirit descends into the earth?

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.

For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

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.

Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge -- for time and chance may overcome them all.

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

I have seen another misfortune on the earth: It is an error a ruler makes.

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

If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls.

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it.

Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the Lord speaks: "I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!

They will go into caves in the rocky cliffs and into holes in the ground, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

He lifts a signal flag for a distant nation, he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth. Look, they come quickly and swiftly.

They called out to one another, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord who commands armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!"