salt

The 13 most-voted verses about salt, from 11 books, ranked by the OpenBible.info community.

You 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.

Matthew 5:13 (BSB)

¶ Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.

Matthew 5:13 (KJV)

“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.

Matthew 5:13 (WEB)

Salt 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.”

Mark 9:50 (BSB)

Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Mark 9:50 (KJV)

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

Mark 9:50 (WEB)

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

Colossians 4:6 (BSB)

Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

Colossians 4:6 (KJV)

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

Colossians 4:6 (WEB)

And 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.

Leviticus 2:13 (BSB)

And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt.

Leviticus 2:13 (KJV)

Every offering of your meal offering you shall season with salt. You shall not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meal offering. With all your offerings you shall offer salt.

Leviticus 2:13 (WEB)

All 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.”

Numbers 18:19 (BSB)

All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it [is] a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.

Numbers 18:19 (KJV)

All the wave offerings of the holy things which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a portion forever. It is a covenant of salt forever before the LORD to you and to your offspring with you.”

Numbers 18:19 (WEB)

Do 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?

2 Chronicles 13:5 (BSB)

Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, [even] to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

2 Chronicles 13:5 (KJV)

Ought you not to know that the LORD, the God of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?

2 Chronicles 13:5 (WEB)

Whatever 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 6:9 (BSB)

And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which [are] at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:

Ezra 6:9 (KJV)

That which they have need of, including young bulls, rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven; also wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests who are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail,

Ezra 6:9 (WEB)

Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?

Job 6:6 (BSB)

Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there [any] taste in the white of an egg?

Job 6:6 (KJV)

Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Job 6:6 (WEB)

On 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.

Ezekiel 16:4 (BSB)

And [as for] thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple [thee;] thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.

Ezekiel 16:4 (KJV)

As for your birth, in the day you were born your navel was not cut. You weren’t washed in water to cleanse you. You weren’t salted at all, nor wrapped in blankets at all.

Ezekiel 16:4 (WEB)

For everyone will be salted with fire.

Mark 9:49 (BSB)

For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

Mark 9:49 (KJV)

For everyone will be salted with fire, and every sacrifice will be seasoned with salt.

Mark 9:49 (WEB)

But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

Genesis 19:26 (BSB)

¶ But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

Genesis 19:26 (KJV)

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

Genesis 19:26 (WEB)

You must present them before the LORD; the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.

Ezekiel 43:24 (BSB)

And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up [for] a burnt offering unto the LORD.

Ezekiel 43:24 (KJV)

You shall bring them near to the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt on them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to the LORD.

Ezekiel 43:24 (WEB)

Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?

Luke 14:34 (BSB)

¶ Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

Luke 14:34 (KJV)

“Salt is good, but if the salt becomes flat and tasteless, with what do you season it?

Luke 14:34 (WEB)

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