Salt in the Bible

• Lot's wife looked back and became a pillar of saltGen 19:26
  The verses

  Gen 19:26But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
• Is tasteless food eaten without salt?Job 6:6
  The verses

  Job 6:6Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
• Elisha threw salt into Jericho's spring2 Kgs 2:20–21
  The verses

  2 Kgs 2:20–21“Bring me a new bowl,” he replied, “and put some salt in it.” So they brought it to him, and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
• Abimelech razed Shechem and sowed it with saltJudg 9:45
  The verses

  Judg 9:45And all that day Abimelech fought against the city until he had captured it and killed its people. Then he demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
• Newborns were rubbed with saltEzek 16:4
  The verses

  Ezek 16:4On the day of your birth your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.
• The Persian king granted salt without limit for the templeEzra 6:9, Ezra 7:22
  The verses

  Ezra 6:9Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—must be given to them daily without fail.

  Ezra 7:22up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of olive oil, and salt without limit.

In worship

• Every grain offering was seasoned with saltLev 2:13
  The verses

  Lev 2:13And you shall season each of your grain offerings with salt. You must not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your grain offering; you are to add salt to each of your offerings.
• Priests sprinkled salt on the burnt offeringsEzek 43:24
  The verses

  Ezek 43:24You must present them before the LORD; the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.
• A covenant of saltNum 18:19, 2 Chr 13:5
  The verses

  Num 18:19All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”

  2 Chr 13:5Do you not know that the LORD, the God of Israel, has given the kingship of Israel to David and his descendants forever by a covenant of salt?

Places

• The Salt Sea, Israel's eastern borderGen 14:3, Num 34:12, Josh 15:2
  The verses

  Gen 14:3The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

  Num 34:12Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”

  Josh 15:2Their southern border started at the bay on the southern tip of the Salt Sea,
• The City of Salt in the wilderness of JudahJosh 15:62
  The verses

  Josh 15:62Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities, along with their villages.
• Battles with Edom in the Valley of Salt2 Sam 8:13, 2 Kgs 14:7
  The verses

  2 Sam 8:13And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

  2 Kgs 14:7Amaziah struck down 10,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. He took Sela in battle and called it Joktheel, which is its name to this very day.

Sayings

• Salt that loses its saltiness is good for nothingMatt 5:13, Luke 14:34
  The verses

  Matt 5:13You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

  Luke 14:34Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?
• Have salt among yourselves, and be at peaceMark 9:50
  The verses

  Mark 9:50Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with one another.”
• Let your speech be gracious, seasoned with saltCol 4:6
  The verses

  Col 4:6Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.