Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'salt' occurs 47 times in the standard works.

18 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'salt' in the standard works and contain 38.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Mark 9:49-50 (4 in 2 verses)

Lev. 2:13 (3 in 1 verse)

3 Ne. 12:13 (3 in 1 verse)

Matt. 5:13 (2 in 1 verse)

Luke 14:34 (2 in 1 verse)


2 Kgs. 2:20-21 (2 in 2 verses)

 2:20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

 2:21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.




D&C 101:39-40 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 30 29 59
Gen. 2 0 2
Lev. 3 0 3
Num. 3 0 3
Deut. 2 0 2
Josh. 6 0 6
Judg. 1 0 1
1 Sam. 0 1 1
2 Sam. 1 1 2
1 Kgs. 0 1 1
2 Kgs. 3 0 3
1 Chr. 1 7 8
2 Chr. 2 4 6
Ezra 2 0 2
Neh. 0 1 1
Job 1 0 1
Ps. 0 8 8
Jer. 1 0 1
Ezek. 2 1 3
Dan. 0 4 4
Zeph. 0 1 1
NT 10 4 14
BM 4 1 5
DC 3 0 3
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 47 34 81

2 Kgs. 2:20
And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.

2 Kgs. 2:21
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.

2 Kgs. 14:7
He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day.