What Does the Bible Say About Salt Pepper?

Matthew 5:13 ESV / 23 helpful votes

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.

Leviticus 2:13 ESV / 23 helpful votes

You shall season all your grain offerings with salt. You shall not let the salt of the covenant with your God be missing from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt.

Job 6:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.

Genesis 19:26 ESV / 12 helpful votes

But Lot's wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Mark 9:50 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Numbers 18:19 ESV / 10 helpful votes

All the holy contributions that the people of Israel present to the Lord I give to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual due. It is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and for your offspring with you.”

2 Chronicles 13:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Ought you not to know that the Lord God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt?

Matthew 5:13-16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Ezekiel 43:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes

You shall present them before the Lord, and the priests shall sprinkle salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord.

Judges 9:45 ESV / 8 helpful votes

And Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed the people who were in it, and he razed the city and sowed it with salt.

Ezekiel 16:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And as for your birth, on the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths.

Ezra 6:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And whatever is needed—bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests at Jerusalem require—let that be given to them day by day without fail,

Ezra 4:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Now because we eat the salt of the palace and it is not fitting for us to witness the king's dishonor, therefore we send and inform the king,

Deuteronomy 29:23 ESV / 7 helpful votes

The whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger and wrath—

Exodus 30:35 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

Zephaniah 2:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, “Moab shall become like Sodom, and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and salt pits, and a waste forever. The remnant of my people shall plunder them, and the survivors of my nation shall possess them.”

Luke 14:34-35 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Luke 14:34 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?

Mark 9:49 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For everyone will be salted with fire.

Mark 9:49-50 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For everyone will be salted with fire. Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”

Ezekiel 47:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they are to be left for salt.

Jeremiah 17:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.

2 Kings 14:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He struck down ten thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt and took Sela by storm, and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this day.

James 3:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water?

Matthew 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Matthew 5:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet. “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.

Ezra 7:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Up to 100 talents of silver, 100 cors of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

2 Samuel 8:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

Genesis 14:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

Isaiah 30:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.

Psalm 107:34 ESV / 3 helpful votes

A fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.

Job 39:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

To whom I have given the arid plain for his home and the salt land for his dwelling place?

Job 11:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And that he would tell you the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know then that God exacts of you less than your guilt deserves.

2 Chronicles 25:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But Amaziah took courage and led out his people and went to the Valley of Salt and struck down 10,000 men of Seir.

2 Kings 2:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then he went to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord, I have healed this water; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it.”

2 Kings 2:20-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him. Then he went to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord, I have healed this water; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it.” So the water has been healed to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.

Numbers 34:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the border shall go down to the Jordan, and its limit shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land as defined by its borders all around.”

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: ‘The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lampstands. “‘I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false. I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name's sake, and you have not grown weary. But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent. ...

James 3:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond yield fresh water.

Titus 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

Luke 14:33-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple. “Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

Mark 9:1-50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Truly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.” And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. And Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” ...

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 5:14-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Joel 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“I will remove the northerner far from you, and drive him into a parched and desolate land, his vanguard into the eastern sea, and his rear guard into the western sea; the stench and foul smell of him will rise, for he has done great things.

Isaiah 3:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For behold, the Lord God of hosts is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of bread, and all support of water; the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the diviner and the elder, the captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms. And I will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them. And the people will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable. ...

1 Chronicles 18:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

1 Chronicles 13:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So David assembled all Israel from the Nile of Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

2 Kings 2:20-21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him. Then he went to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “Thus says the Lord, I have healed this water; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come from it.”

Joshua 15:62 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Nibshan, the City of Salt, and Engedi: six cities with their villages.

Joshua 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap very far away, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho.

Deuteronomy 3:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Arabah also, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east.

Numbers 18:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And with you bring your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and minister to you while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.

54 Bible Verses about Salt Pepper

Matthew 5:13 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 2:13 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 6:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 19:26 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 9:50 ESV / 11 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 18:19 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Chronicles 13:5 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:13-16 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 43:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Judges 9:45 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 16:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezra 6:9 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezra 4:14 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 29:23 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 30:35 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Zephaniah 2:9 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 14:34-35 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 14:34 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 9:49 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Ezekiel 47:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 17:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 14:7 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 3:11 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezra 7:22 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Samuel 8:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 14:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 30:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 107:34 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 39:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 11:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Chronicles 25:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 2:21 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 2:20-22 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 34:12 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 2:1-29 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 3:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Titus 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 14:33-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 9:1-50 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:14-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joel 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 3:1-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Chronicles 18:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Joshua 15:62 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joshua 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 3:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 18:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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