Characterised as Good and Useful Mark 9:50

Used For

Seasoning food Job 6:6

Seasoning sacrifices Leviticus 2:13, Ezekiel 43:24

Ratifying covenants Numbers 18:19, 2 Chronicles 13:5

Strengthening new-born infants Ezekiel 16:4

Partaking of Another's a Bond of Friendship Ezra 4:14

Lost Its Savour When Exposed to the Air Matthew 5:13, Mark 9:50

Often Found

In pits Joshua 11:8, Zephaniah 2:9

In springs James 3:12

Near the Dead Sea Numbers 34:12, Deuteronomy 3:17

Places Where It Abounded Barren and Unfruitful Jeremiah 17:6, Ezekiel 47:11

The Valley Of, Celebrated for Victories 2 Samuel 8:13, 2 Kings 14:7, 1 Chronicles 18:12

Miracles Connected With

Lot's wife turned into a pillar of Genesis 19:26

Elisha healed the bad water with 2 Kings 2:21

Places Sown With, to Denote Perpetual Desolation Judges 9:45

Liberally afforded to the Jews after the captivity Ezra 6:9, 7:22

Illustrative

Of saints Matthew 5:13

Of grace in the heart Mark 9:50

Of wisdom in speech Colossians 4:6

(Without savour,) of graceless professors Matthew 5:13, Mark 9:50

(Pits of,) of desolation Zephaniah 2:9

(Salted with fire,) of preparation of the wicked for destruction Mark 9:49