Psalm 107:34
A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Cross-reference
In Psalm 68:6, the rebellious dwell in a parched land, matching the salt waste here as a consequence of wickedness.
Genesis 13:13 states the men of Sodom were wicked — the same reason given in the psalm for land becoming a salty waste.
Genesis 19:25 recounts the overthrow of Sodom and its vegetation — a concrete example of fruitful land turned to waste.
Genesis 13:10 describes the Jordan Valley as well‑watered before Sodom's destruction — the fruitful land later turned to salty waste.
In Deuteronomy 29:23-28, the land becomes brimstone and salt because of covenant breaking — the same divine judgment turning fruitful land to salt waste.
Ezekiel 12:19 says land stripped because of violence — same cause-effect as Psalm 107:34.
Judges 9:45 records Abimelech sowing Shechem with salt to make it barren — a direct parallel to turning a place into a salt waste, though human action.
Jeremiah 23:10 says the land is parched because of a curse and evil prophets — same theme of land suffering due to sin.
Jeremiah 12:4 explicitly links parched land to inhabitants' wickedness — identical cause and effect.
In Isaiah 42:15, God lays waste mountains and dries up vegetation, echoing the transformation of fruitful land to barrenness here.
Jeremiah 4:26 directly parallels this verse: 'the fruitful land was a desert' before the Lord's fierce anger, matching the salt waste judgment.
Jeremiah 9:12 asks why the land is ruined — same cause: wickedness. Both depict desolation as divine judgment.
Isaiah 1:7 describes the land as desolate because of sin, paralleling the cause-and-effect of wickedness leading to barrenness here.
Hebrews 6:8 uses similar agricultural judgment imagery — land yielding thorns is cursed and burned, paralleling the salt waste from wickedness.
Isaiah 32:13-15 describes thorns and briers over the land due to judgment, but later restoration — a similar theme of land made barren by sin.
In 2 Chronicles 7:13, God threatens drought and locusts as judgments, similar to turning fruitful land to salt waste because of wickedness.
Leviticus 26:20 says land will not yield fruit as a curse for disobedience — similar to turning fruitful land barren, but without salt imagery.
Jeremiah 22:6 threatens to turn a palace into a wasteland — similar judgment imagery but on a specific building, not land generally.
Ezekiel 32:15 describes God making Egypt desolate — similar judgment of land becoming barren, but for a different nation.
Genesis 19:28 shows smoke from Sodom's destruction — the classic example of land turned to salt waste, though salt not explicit here.