'Earth' in the Bible

One generation goeth, and another generation cometh; but the earth abideth for ever.

Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?

Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter anything before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),

I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking like servants upon the earth.

Give a portion to seven, yea, even unto eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there shall it be.

and the dust returneth to the earth as it was, and the spirit returneth unto God who gave it.