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Deuteronomy 29:23
‘ All its land is brimstone and salt, burned debris, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows on it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.’
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Job 20:17
He does not look at the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and curds.
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Job 39:6
To whom I gave the wilderness as his home, And the salt land as his dwelling place?
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Jeremiah 48:6
Flee, save yourselves, So that you may be like a juniper in the wilderness.
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Psalms 129:6-8
May they be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up;With which the harvester does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his arms;Nor do those who pass by say,“ The blessing of the Lord be upon you; We bless you in the name of the Lord.”
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Zephaniah 2:9
Therefore, as I live,” declares the Lord of armies, The God of Israel,“ Moab will assuredly be like Sodom, And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah— Ground overgrown with weeds and full of salt mines, And a permanent desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them, And the remainder of My nation will inherit them.”
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2 Kings 7 2
The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning responded to the man of God and said,“ Even if the Lord were to make windows in heaven, could this thing happen?” Then he said,“ Behold, you are going to see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it.”
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Job 8:11-13
“ Can papyrus grow tall without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,
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Job 15:30-34
He will not escape from darkness; The flame will dry up his shoot, And he will go away by the breath of His mouth.Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For his reward will be emptiness.It will be accomplished before his time, And his palm branch will not be green.He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine, And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.
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Judges 9:45
Abimelech fought against the city that whole day, and he captured the city and killed the people who were in it; then he tore down the city and sowed it with salt.
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Isaiah 1:30
For you will be like an oak whose leaf withers away, Or like a garden that has no water.
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2 Kings 7 19-2 Kings 7 20
At that time the royal officer had responded to the man of God and said,“ Now even if the Lord were to make windows in heaven, could such a thing as this happen?” And he had said,“ Behold, you are going to see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it.”And this is what happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate and he died.
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Ezekiel 47:11
But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt.
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Psalms 1:4
The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind blows away.
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Psalms 92:7
When the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did injustice flourished, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.