148 occurrences

'Earth' in the Bible

"*You* are the salt of the earth; but if salt has become tasteless, in what way can it regain its saltness? It is no longer good for anything but to be thrown away and trodden on by the passers by.

Verse ConceptsBeing A Lightdisciples, characteristics ofDecayResponsibility, For God's WorldSaltSanctification, Means And ResultsTastePersonal ContactSending Things AwayTastelessnessRestoring ThingsTastelessSournessMoral Decay

nor by the earth, for it is the footstool under His feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the City of the Great King.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFootstoolsFeetNames For JerusalemCitySwearing

But, to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He then says to the paralytic, "Rise, and take up your bed and go home."

Verse ConceptsSon Of ManPower Of Christ, ShownJesus As Son Of ManChrist's Authority Over SinBedsGet Up!Forgiveness

The Queen of the south will awake at the Judgement together with the present generation, and will condemn it; because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and mark! there is One greater than Solomon here.

Verse ConceptsQueensSolomon, Character OfSouthOld Testament People As TypesGreatness Of ChristThe Final JudgementPeople From Far AwayThe Dead Are RaisedJudgmentsJudgement DayJudgementcondemnation

Some falls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil. It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no depth of earth;

Verse ConceptsShallownessWicked Described AsSuddenlyThings Going UpPlanting SeedsSeedsSpilling Your Seed On The GroundThe EnvironmentSowing Seeds

I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of the Heavens; and whatever you bind on earth shall remain bound in Heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall remain loosed in Heaven."

Verse ConceptsExcommunicationequipping, physicalKeysKingdom Of HeavenBelonging To HeavenTying Uporganization

I solemnly tell you that whatever you as a Church bind on earth will in Heaven be held as bound, and whatever you loose on earth will in Heaven be held to be loosed.

Verse ConceptsBelonging To HeavenTying UpEarthmath

I also solemnly tell you that if two of you here on earth agree together concerning anything whatever that they shall ask, the boon will come to them from my Father who is in Heaven.

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodAgreementAgreeing For GoodTwoPrayer, God's Promises ConcerningBelievingAnswered PromisesPrayer MeetingsAgreeingAttractionTwo PeopleOur Father In HeavenRelationship Of Father And SonPraying Together

that all the innocent blood shed upon earth may come on you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berechiah whom you murdered between the Sanctuary and the altar.

Verse ConceptsAbelAbel and CainBlood, Figurative UseMartyrdom, Examples OfSheddingResponsibility For Blood ShedKilling ProphetsKilling Named IndividualsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Immediately the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom: the earth quaked; the rocks split;

Verse ConceptsCurtainsAccess To God, Through ChristMost Holy PlaceSplitting RocksThe Ground Being SplitNets TornThe Veil Torn

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to pardon sins" --He turned to the paralytic, and said,

Verse ConceptsChrist ForgivingWho Can Forgive Sins?ForgivenessGod's ForgivenessForgiveness Kjvforgiving

Some falls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;

Verse ConceptsShallownessSprouting PlantsSuddenlySproutingThings Going Up

It is like a mustard-seed, which, when sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds in the world;

Verse ConceptsSmall ThingsPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seeds

Then He will send forth the angels and gather together His chosen People from north, south, east and west, from the remotest parts of the earth and the sky.

Verse ConceptsGathered By GodFour WindsGod Sending ProphetsThe Gospel WorldwideAccompanying The Second Cominggathering

"Glory be to God in the highest Heavens, And on earth peace among men who please Him!"

Verse ConceptsHymnsGod Is TranscendentGod On HighEarthNativity of Jesus ChristFavorPerspectiveluck

But to prove to you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" --Turning to the paralytic He said, "I bid you, Rise, take up your bed, and go home."

Verse ConceptsSon Of ManParalyticsBedsChrist ForgivingGet Up!Who Can Forgive Sins?

The Queen of the South will awake at the Judgement together with the men of the present generation, and will condemn them; because she came from the extremity of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; but mark! One greater than Solomon is here.

Verse ConceptsQueensSouthGreatness Of ChristThe Final JudgementPeople From Far AwayThe Dead Are Raised

"I came to throw fire upon the earth, and what is my desire? Oh that it were even now kindled!

Verse ConceptsInward FireThe Universe DestroyedFire Of Christdivision

Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? No, I tell you that I came to bring dissension.

Verse ConceptsPublic OpinionSchismsDivisions Of OpinionThinking ArightNo PeaceFamily UnityFamily Conflictdivision

But it is easier for earth and sky to pass away than for one smallest detail of the Law to fall to the ground.

Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthPensThe Authority Of ScriptureThings Passing AwaySmall ThingsThe Universe DestroyedAlphabetEasy For God

for it will come on all dwellers on the face of the whole earth.

Verse ConceptsAll Nationsluck

He who comes from above is above all. He whose origin is from the earth is not only himself from the earth, his teaching also is from the earth. He who comes from Heaven is above all.

Verse ConceptsPreeminence Of ChristChrist And HeavenAll Authority Has Been Given To JesusHeaven Better Than EarthSchoolThe EarthGoing To HeavenThe WorldPerspective

And they, upon hearing the story, all lifted up their voices to God and said, "O Sovereign Lord, it is Thou who didst make Heaven and earth and sea, and all that is in them,

Verse ConceptsAgreement, Before GodCreation, Origin OfGod's Ownership Of EverythingPraying LoudlyEarth, Creation OfNatureCreation Of The Physical HeavensSeaPrayer MeetingsPraying Together

The kings of the earth came near, and the rulers assembled together against the Lord and against His Anointed.'"

Verse ConceptsThe Anointed OneGentile Rulers

"'The sky is My throne, and earth is the footstool for My feet. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or what resting place shall I have?

Verse ConceptsFootstoolsFeetGod, Sovereignty OfHeaven, Nature OfGod Is TranscendentHeaven, God's ThroneGod's DwellingWhat Kind?God Being Outside Of Creationfootprints

The sky had opened to his view, and what seemed to be an enormous sail was descending, being let down to the earth by ropes at the four corners.

Verse ConceptsFour CornersThe Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenFour SidesPutting Animals DownHeavenly Visionporksailing

For such is the Lord's command to us. "'I have placed Thee,' He says of Christ, 'as a light to the Gentiles, in order that Thou mayest be a Saviour as far as the remotest parts of the earth.'"

Verse ConceptsBeing A LightenlightenmentLight, SpiritualMissionaries, Call OfOutsidersGod's Salvation Made KnownMissionsPreaching Gospel To ForeignersLiving In The LightThe Gospel WorldwideGentilesThe End Of The World

Until they heard this last statement the people listened to Paul, but now with a roar of disapproval they cried out, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He ought not to be allowed to live."

Verse ConceptsCrowdsVoicesPersecution Of The Apostle Paulserenity

"It is for this very purpose that I have lifted you so high--that I may make manifest in you My power, and that My name may be proclaimed far and wide in all the earth."

Verse ConceptsDivine PurposesGod, Purpose OfGuidance, God's Promises OfKingsProclaiming God’s NameGod Showed His PowerScripture SaysWhy God Did ThingsNew Testament Claiming Old Testament Is InspiredDivinityPurpose

for the Lord will hold a reckoning upon the earth, making it efficacious and brief."

Verse ConceptsA Short TimeEnd Of ActionsShort Time For ActionDeadlinesFinishing Strongfinishingcutting

But, I ask, have they not heard? Yes, indeed: "To the whole world the preachers' voices have sounded forth, and their words to the remotest parts of the earth."

Verse ConceptsGod's Call, EveryoneHearing God's WordThe Gospel WorldwideThe End Of The WorldThe WorldSpreading The Gospel

For if so-called gods do exist, either in Heaven or on earth--and in fact there are many such gods and many such lords--

Verse ConceptsPolytheism

for the government of the world when the times are ripe for it--the purpose which He has cherished in His own mind of restoring the whole creation to find its one Head in Christ; yes, things in Heaven and things on earth, to find their one Head in Him.

Verse ConceptsCompletionUniverseVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesSecret ThingsGathered By GodThe Time AppointedGod's PlansDispensationsUnityGod's PlanGod's TimingThe EarthGods PlanReconciliationGod's CreationEverything Happening For A ReasonGods TimingBeing PositiveGod's Plan For UsEnd TimesGod's Timing And PlanMaturitygatheringfulfillment

(Now this "re-ascended" --what does it mean but that He had first descended into the lower regions of the earth?

Verse ConceptsDeep ThingsChrist Going Down

But since to live means a longer stay on earth, that implies more labour for me--and not unsuccessful labour; and which I am to choose I cannot tell.

Verse ConceptsFruitful LabourSelf WorthWorthfruitfulness

in order that in the Name of JESUS every knee should bow, of beings in Heaven, of those on the earth, and of those in the underworld,

Verse ConceptsFeetAttitudes, in prayerBowingSatan, Resistance ToJesus Christ, Worship OfBowing Before MessiahAll Authority Has Been Given To Jesusconfessing

For this we declare to you on the Lord's own authority--that we who are alive and continue on earth until the Coming of the Lord, shall certainly not forestall those who shall have previously passed away.

Verse ConceptsPeople Going BeforeDeath Of God's PeopleLiving OnThe Timing Of His ComingThe Rapture

It is also of His Son that God says, "Thou, O Lord, in the beginning didst lay the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Thy hands.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsBeginningAstronomyCreation Of The Physical HeavensAbolish, Temporary ThingsAmbidextrousIn The Beginninga new beginningNew Beginnings

If then He were still on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since here there are already those who present the offerings in obedience to the Law,

Verse ConceptsFulfilling The Law

Through faith Enoch was taken from the earth so that he did not see death, and he could not be found, because God had taken him; for before he was taken we have evidence that he truly pleased God.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, Examples OfFaith, As Basis Of SalvationCommendationExamples Of FaithAscension Of SaintsPleasing GodGod Lifting PeopleNot DyingExploits Of FaithNowhere To Be FoundPeople Who Didn't Dietransition

Be careful not to refuse to listen to Him who is speaking to you. For if they of old did not escape unpunished when they refused to listen to him who spoke on earth, much less shall we escape who turn a deaf ear to Him who now speaks from Heaven.

Verse ConceptsFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsComplacencyGospel, Responses ToImpenitence, Results OfSalvation, Necessity And Basis OfWatchfulness, Of BelieversRejection Of God's CallEscaping EvilNo EscapeGod Speaks From Heaven

His voice then shook the earth, but now we have His promise, "Yet again I will, once for all, cause not only the earth to tremble, but Heaven also."

Verse ConceptsGod's PromisesGod ShakingThe Universe DestroyedGod's VoiceAstronomical Signs

That is not the wisdom which comes down from above: it belongs to earth, to the unspiritual nature, and to evil spirits.

Verse ConceptsSatanticWorldly WisdomSins Of The FleshFalse WisdomThe DevilEmotionsDemonic Influence

Here on earth you have lived self-indulgent and profligate lives. You have stupefied yourselves with gross feeding; but a day of slaughter has come.

Verse ConceptsGluttonyLeisure, Nature And Purpose OfLove, Abuse OfRich, TheRiches, Dangers OfRiches, Can Lead ToPleasure SeekersWantonnessThe Day Of JudgementFat PeoplePartying

But above all things, my brethren, do not swear, either by Heaven or by the earth, or with any other oath. Let your 'yes' be simply 'yes,' and your 'no' be simply 'no;' that you may not come under condemnation.

Verse ConceptsBad LanguageConsistencyAffirmationsethics, personalOaths, HumanAffirmative ActionConversationHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansCursingSwearing Being ForbiddenAssentingDissentSwearing OathsNot Swearing OathsNo CondemnationSwearing

Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ: To God's own people scattered over the earth, who are living as foreigners in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Roman Asia, and Bithynia,

Verse ConceptsChristiansdispersion, theLettersPeter, The ApostlePeter, Preacher And TeacherPilgrimsThe Church ScatteredReckoned As ForeignersAlienspeterimpulsiveness

For they are wilfully blind to the fact that there were heavens which existed of old, and an earth, the latter arising out of water and extending continuously through water, by the command of God;

Verse ConceptsForgettingEarth, Creation OfDelusionsWilful IgnoranceCreation Of The SkyCreation Of The EarthThe Effect Of The Word Of GodIgnorance of GodGod's CreationFloodsignoranceEarth Being Fixed And Immovable

"'And to him who overcomes and obeys My commands to the very end, I will give authority over the nations of the earth.

Verse ConceptsGoalsVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesOvercomersTo The EndAuthority Of DisciplesDoing God's WorksOvercoming Through ChristOvercomingLucifer

But no one in Heaven, or on earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or look into it.

Verse ConceptsWithheld KnowledgeSecret ThingsGoing To Heavenrevelation

Then, midway between the throne and the four living creatures, I saw a Lamb standing among the Elders. He looked as if He had been offered in sacrifice, and He had seven horns and seven eyes. The last-named are the seven Spirits of God, and have been sent far and wide into all the earth.

Verse ConceptsAtonement, in NTHornsSpiritsSymbolsCherubim, At God's ThroneAnimal Sacrifices, As A Type Of ChristFour CreaturesSeven SpiritsSeven Body PartsHorns In AllegoryChrist Was KilledElders In HeavenGod Sending ProphetsHeavenLeadership Qualities

And as for every created thing in Heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and everything that was in any of these, I heard them say, "To Him who is seated on the throne, And to the Lamb, Be ascribed all blessing and honor And glory and might, Until the Ages of the Ages!"

Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of ChristEarth, God's GloryGod, Present EverywhereHonorUnceasing PraiseChrist's Exalted GloryEternal PraiseGod Sitting In GloryAngels SingingWorship In Heaven During TribulationPetsThe Seaadorationdominionhonour

And another horse came out--a fiery-red one; and power was given to its rider to take peace from the earth, and to cause men to kill one another; and a great sword was given to him.

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfRed AnimalsAngel Of DeathCivil WarKilling One AnotherGod's Swordatheism

I looked and a pale-colored horse appeared. Its rider's name was Death, and Hades came close behind him; and authority was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with the sword or with famine or pestilence or by means of the wild beasts of the earth.

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Nature OfPlaguesGreenFamine KillingApproval To KillA Fourth PartRulers Of A FourthThe Fact Of DeathFamineFour Horsemen Of The Apocalypse

The stars in the sky also fell to the earth, as when a fig-tree, upon being shaken by a gale of wind, casts its unripe figs to the ground.

Verse ConceptsStarsFalling From HeavenGod ShakingAffecting Sun Moon And StarsLucifer

The kings of the earth and the great men, the military chiefs, the wealthy and the powerful--all, whether slaves or free men--hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains,

Verse ConceptsCavesDensPeople In CavesHiding From GodCaves As Places Of RefugeThe End Of The WorldThe EarthSigns Of The End TimesEnd Timesfreehidingrevelation

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, and holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind should blow over the earth or the sea or upon any tree.

Verse ConceptsStandingBeing CalmFour AngelsFour CornersFour WindsNo WindsFour SidesAngels Doing God's WorkHarming TreesThe Sea StilledWeather In The Last DaysweatherFlat Earth

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