What Does the Bible Say About Be Salty?

Matthew 5:13 ESV / 19 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 / 16 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.

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes

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

Luke 14:34-35 ESV / 12 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.”

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.”

Matthew 5:13-16 ESV / 9 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.

Numbers 18:19 ESV / 9 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.”

Job 6:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes

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

Luke 14:34 ESV / 7 helpful votes

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

Mark 9:49-50 ESV / 7 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.”

2 Chronicles 13:5 ESV / 7 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?

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.”

Ezekiel 47:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

Ezekiel 16:4 ESV / 6 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.

Genesis 19:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes

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

Mark 9:49 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For everyone will be salted with fire.

Ezekiel 43:24 ESV / 5 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 / 5 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.

Genesis 14:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Deuteronomy 29:23 ESV / 4 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—

Mark 9:1-50 ESV / 3 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 5:13-14 ESV / 3 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 6:9 ESV / 3 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 / 3 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,

2 Kings 14:7 ESV / 3 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.

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 2:20-21 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.”

2 Samuel 8:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

Joshua 15:62 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

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.”

Exodus 30:35 ESV / 3 helpful votes

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

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.

James 3:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Romans 8:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

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.”

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. ...

Matthew 5:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. ...

Matthew 4:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. And the tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread.” But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple ...

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.

Jeremiah 17:6 ESV / 2 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.

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. ...

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Psalm 107:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Psalm 107:33-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He turns rivers into a desert, springs of water into thirsty ground, a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the evil of its inhabitants.

Psalm 34:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

Job 39:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Job 30:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

They pick saltwort and the leaves of bushes, and the roots of the broom tree for their food.

Job 6:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow? My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me.

2 Kings 2:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.

2 Kings 2:20-22 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.” So the water has been healed to this day, according to the word that Elisha spoke.

Joshua 12:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Arabah to the Sea of Chinneroth eastward, and in the direction of Beth-jeshimoth, to the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, southward to the foot of the slopes of Pisgah;

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.

Exodus 30:34-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord said to Moses, “Take sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense (of each shall there be an equal part), and make an incense blended as by the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

58 Bible Verses about Be Salty

Matthew 5:13 ESV / 19 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 2:13 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 14:34-35 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Matthew 5:13-16 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 18:19 ESV / 9 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 6:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 14:34 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 9:49-50 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Chronicles 13:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Ezekiel 47:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 16:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 19:26 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Ezekiel 43:24 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Judges 9:45 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 14:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 29:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 9:1-50 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:13-14 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezra 6:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

2 Kings 14:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

2 Kings 2:20-21 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Samuel 8:13 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Joshua 15:62 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Exodus 30:35 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

James 3:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 4:1-25 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Jeremiah 17:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

Proverbs 15:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 107:34 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 107:33-34 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 34:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 39:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 30:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 6:6-7 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

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

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

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

Exodus 30:34-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 1:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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