Jeremiah 17:6
New King James Version
6 For he shall be (A)like a shrub in the desert,
And (B)shall not see when good comes,
But shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness,
(C)In a salt land which is not inhabited.
Job 20:17
New King James Version
17 He will not see (A)the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and cream.
Psalm 1:4
New King James Version
4 The ungodly are not so,
But are (A)like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Deuteronomy 29:23
New King James Version
23 ‘The whole land is brimstone, (A)salt, and burning; it is not sown, nor does it bear, nor does any grass grow there, (B)like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and His wrath.’
Read full chapter
Jeremiah 48:6
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 48:6 Or Aroer, a city of Moab
Job 39:6
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Job 39:6 Lit. salt land
Job 15:30-34
New King James Version
30 He will not depart from darkness;
The flame will dry out his branches,
And (A)by the breath of His mouth he will go away.
31 Let him not (B)trust in futile things, deceiving himself,
For futility will be his reward.
32 It will be accomplished (C)before his time,
And his branch will not be green.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine,
And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.
34 For the company of hypocrites will be barren,
And fire will consume the tents of bribery.
Job 8:11-13
New King James Version
11 “Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the reeds flourish without water?
12 (A)While it is yet green and not cut down,
It withers before any other plant.
13 So are the paths of all who (B)forget God;
And the hope of the (C)hypocrite shall perish,
Zephaniah 2:9
New King James Version
9 Therefore, as I live,”
Says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,
“Surely (A)Moab shall be like Sodom,
And (B)the people of Ammon like Gomorrah—
(C)Overrun[a] with weeds and saltpits,
And a [b]perpetual desolation.
The residue of My people shall plunder them,
And the remnant of My people shall possess them.”
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 2:9 Lit. Possessed by nettles
- Zephaniah 2:9 Or permanent ruin
Psalm 129:6-8
New King James Version
6 Let them be as the (A)grass on the housetops,
Which withers before it grows up,
7 With which the reaper does not fill his hand,
Nor he who binds sheaves, his [a]arms.
8 Neither let those who pass by them say,
(B)“The blessing of the Lord be upon you;
We bless you in the name of the Lord!”
Footnotes
- Psalm 129:7 armsful, lit. bosom
Judges 9:45
New King James Version
45 So Abimelech fought against the city all that day; (A)he took the city and killed the people who were in it; and he (B)demolished the city and sowed it with salt.
Read full chapter
Ezekiel 47:11
New King James Version
11 But its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be given over to salt.
Read full chapter
Isaiah 1:30
New King James Version
30 For you shall be as a terebinth whose leaf fades,
And as a garden that has no water.
Psalm 92:7
New King James Version
7 When (A)the wicked [a]spring up like grass,
And when all the workers of iniquity flourish,
It is that they may be destroyed forever.
Footnotes
- Psalm 92:7 sprout
2 Kings 7:19-20
New King James Version
19 Then that officer had answered the man of God, and said, “Now look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?”
And he had said, “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.” 20 And so it happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gate, and he died.
Read full chapter
2 Kings 7:2
New King James Version
2 (A)So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, “Look, (B)if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could this thing be?”
And he said, “In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”
Read full chapterScripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Bible Gateway Recommends
