What Does the Bible Say About Light And Salt?

Matthew 5:13 ESV / 56 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.

Matthew 5:13-16 ESV / 55 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.

Luke 14:34-35 ESV / 38 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 / 38 helpful votes

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

Mark 9:50 ESV / 38 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.”

John 8:12 ESV / 36 helpful votes

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Leviticus 2:13 ESV / 32 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 / 30 helpful votes

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

Mark 9:49-50 ESV / 30 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.”

Matthew 5:15 ESV / 24 helpful votes

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.

Ezekiel 43:24 ESV / 23 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.

Job 6:6 ESV / 23 helpful votes

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

Mark 9:49 ESV / 21 helpful votes

For everyone will be salted with fire.

Matthew 5:14 ESV / 21 helpful votes

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

Philippians 2:15 ESV / 18 helpful votes

That you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 17 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 5:16 ESV / 17 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 4:1-25 ESV / 17 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 ...

Philippians 1:11 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Ephesians 5:8 ESV / 16 helpful votes

For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

Luke 11:33 ESV / 16 helpful votes

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.

Luke 8:16 ESV / 16 helpful votes

“No one after lighting a lamp covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.

Mark 4:21 ESV / 16 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand?

Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and I was told, “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there, but do not measure the court outside the temple; leave that out, for it is given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for forty-two months. And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. And if anyone would harm them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their foes. If anyone would harm them, this is how he is doomed to be killed. ...

Zephaniah 2:9 ESV / 14 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 16:4 ESV / 14 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 / 14 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,

2 Chronicles 13:5 ESV / 14 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?

2 Kings 14:7 ESV / 14 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 / 14 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 ESV / 14 helpful votes

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

Numbers 34:12 ESV / 14 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.”

Numbers 18:19 ESV / 14 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.”

Genesis 19:26 ESV / 14 helpful votes

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

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 4 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. ...

John 10:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Revelation 18:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory. And he called out with a mighty voice, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast. For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.” Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues; for her sins are heaped high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. ...

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Abstain from every form of evil.

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, ...

John 12:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

John 9:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

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.

John 3:16 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.

Luke 12:1-59 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the meantime, when so many thousands of the people had gathered together that they were trampling one another, he began to say to his disciples first, “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be proclaimed on the housetops. “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do. But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! ...

Matthew 5:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Isaiah 49:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Isaiah 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore.

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

50 Bible Verses about Light And Salt

Matthew 5:13 ESV / 56 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:13-16 ESV / 55 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 14:34-35 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 14:34 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 9:50 ESV / 38 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 8:12 ESV / 36 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Leviticus 2:13 ESV / 32 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Colossians 4:6 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 9:49-50 ESV / 30 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:15 ESV / 24 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 43:24 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Job 6:6 ESV / 23 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 9:49 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:14 ESV / 21 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 2:15 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 6:1-34 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:16 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 4:1-25 ESV / 17 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Philippians 1:11 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ephesians 5:8 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 11:33 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Luke 8:16 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 4:21 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 11:1-19 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Zephaniah 2:9 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 16:4 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezra 6:9 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Chronicles 13:5 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

2 Kings 2:21 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 2:20 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 34:12 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Numbers 18:19 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 19:26 ESV / 14 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:1-48 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 10:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 18:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Thessalonians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 12:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 9:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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

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

Luke 12:1-59 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 5:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 49:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 2:4 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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