'Ground' in the Bible

The Lord's words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined.

They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground.

For we lie in the dirt, with our bellies pressed to the ground.

You saturate its furrows, and soak its plowed ground. With rain showers you soften its soil, and make its crops grow.

I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground.

You cleared the ground for it; it took root, and filled the land.

They were destroyed at Endor; their corpses were like manure on the ground.

Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky.

You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground.

You have brought to an end his splendor, and have knocked his throne to the ground.

He provides grass for the cattle, and crops for people to cultivate, so they can produce food from the ground,

When you send your life-giving breath, they are created, and you replenish the surface of the ground.

Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

Their life's breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die.

The Lord lifts up the oppressed, but knocks the wicked to the ground.