'Earth' in the Bible

Blessed the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have become insipid, wherewith shall it be salted? It is no longer fit for anything but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot by men.

For verily I say unto you, Until the heaven and the earth pass away, one iota or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all come to pass.

nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done as in heaven so upon the earth;

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;

But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (then he says to the paralytic,) Rise up, take up thy bed and go to thy house.

Do not think that I have come to send peace upon the earth: I have not come to send peace, but a sword.

At that time, Jesus answering said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.

For even as Jonas was in the belly of the great fish three days and three nights, thus shall the Son of man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.

and others fell upon the rocky places where they had not much earth, and immediately they sprang up out of the ground because of not having any depth of earth,

And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest bind upon the earth shall be bound in the heavens; and whatsoever thou mayest loose on the earth shall be loosed in the heavens.

He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What dost thou think, Simon? the kings of the earth, from whom do they receive custom or tribute? from their own sons or from strangers?

Verily I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on the earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on the earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth concerning any matter, whatsoever it may be that they shall ask, it shall come to them from my Father who is in the heavens.

And call not any one your father upon the earth; for one is your Father, he who is in the heavens.

so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

And these glad tidings of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole habitable earth, for a witness to all the nations, and then shall come the end.

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.

But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid the money of his lord.

and being afraid I went away and hid thy talent in the earth; behold, thou hast that which is thine.

And lo, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom, and the earth was shaken, and the rocks were rent,

And Jesus coming up spoke to them, saying, All power has been given me in heaven and upon earth.

But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, he says to the paralytic,

And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprung up out of the ground because it had no depth of earth;

And he said, Thus is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast the seed upon the earth,

The earth bears fruit of itself, first the blade, then an ear, then full corn in the ear.

As to a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown upon the earth, is less than all seeds which are upon the earth,

and his garments became shining, exceeding white as snow, such as fuller on earth could not whiten them.

And they brought him to him. And seeing him the spirit immediately tore him; and falling upon the earth he rolled foaming.

and then shall he send his angels and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from end of earth to end of heaven.

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.

And, going forward a little, he fell upon the earth; and he prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass away from him.

Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men.

But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralysed man, I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy little couch and go to thine house.

In the same hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit and said, I praise thee, Father, Lord of the heaven and of the earth, that thou hast hid these things from wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to babes: yea, Father, for thus has it been well-pleasing in thy sight.

A queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, more than Solomon is here.

I have come to cast a fire on the earth; and what will I if already it has been kindled?

Think ye that I have come to give peace in the earth? Nay, I say to you, but rather division:

Hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the appearance of the earth and of the heaven; how is it then that ye do not discern this time?

But it is easier that the heaven and the earth should pass away than that one tittle of the law should fail.

I say unto you that he will avenge them speedily. But when the Son of man comes, shall he indeed find faith on the earth?

And there shall be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations in perplexity at the roar of the sea and rolling waves,

men ready to die through fear and expectation of what is coming on the habitable earth, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but my words shall in no wise pass away.

for as a snare shall it come upon all them that dwell upon the face of the whole earth.

And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth.

He who comes from above is above all. He who has his origin in the earth is of the earth, and speaks as of the earth. He who comes out of heaven is above all,

and I, if I be lifted up out of the earth, will draw all to me.

I have glorified thee on the earth, I have completed the work which thou gavest me that I should do it;

but ye will receive power, the Holy Spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

And I will give wonders in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:

Ye are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God appointed to our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

And they, having heard it, lifted up their voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, thou art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.

The heaven is my throne and the earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord, or where is the place of my rest?

In his humiliation his judgment has been taken away, and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?

And Saul rose up from the earth, and his eyes being opened he saw no one. But leading him by the hand they brought him into Damascus.

and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, bound by the four corners and let down to the earth;

in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and the fowls of the heaven.

on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.

and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.

for thus has the Lord enjoined us: I have set thee for a light of the nations, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.

and saying, Men, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, preaching to you to turn from these vanities to the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all things in them;

The God who has made the world and all things which are in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands,

and has made of one blood every nation of men to dwell upon the whole face of the earth, having determined ordained times and the boundaries of their dwelling,

because he has set a day in which he is going to judge the habitable earth in righteousness by the man whom he has appointed, giving the proof of it to all in having raised him from among the dead.

And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live.

For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this very thing I have raised thee up from amongst men, that I might thus shew in thee my power, and so that my name should be declared in all the earth.

for he is bringing the matter to an end, and cutting it short in righteousness; because a cutting short of the matter will the Lord accomplish upon the earth.

But I say, Have they not heard? Yea, surely, Their voice has gone out into all the earth, and their words to the extremities of the habitable world.

For and if indeed there are those called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, (as there are gods many, and lords many,)

For the earth is the Lord's and its fulness.

the first man out of the earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven.

for the administration of the fulness of times; to head up all things in the Christ, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth; in him,

of whom every family in the heavens and on earth is named,

But that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived on the earth.

because by him were created all things, the things in the heavens and the things upon the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or lordships, or principalities, or authorities: all things have been created by him and for him.

and by him to reconcile all things to itself, having made peace by the blood of his cross by him, whether the things on the earth or the things in the heavens.

have your mind on the things that are above, not on the things that are on the earth;

Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry.

And, Thou in the beginning, Lord, hast founded the earth, and works of thy hands are the heavens.

If then indeed he were upon earth, he would not even be a priest, there being those who offer the gifts according to the law,

All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar off and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

(of whom the world was not worthy,) wandering in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caverns of the earth.

See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him who does so from heaven:

whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, Yet once will I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.

Ye have lived luxuriously on the earth and indulged yourselves; ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter;

Have patience, therefore, brethren, till the coming of the Lord. Behold, the labourer awaits the precious fruit of the earth, having patience for it until it receive the early and the latter rain.

But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye do not fall under judgment.

Elias was a man of like passions to us, and he prayed with prayer that it should not rain; and it did not rain upon the earth three years and six months;

and again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth caused its fruit to spring forth.

For this is hidden from them through their own wilfulness, that heavens were of old, and an earth, having its subsistence out of water and in water, by the word of God,

But the present heavens and the earth by his word are laid up in store, kept for fire unto a day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.

But the day of the Lord will come as a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a rushing noise, and the elements, burning with heat, shall be dissolved, and the earth and the works in it shall be burnt up.

But, according to his promise, we wait for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness.

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and has washed us from our sins in his blood,