Psalm 107:34

A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Cross-reference

Psalm 68:6 Parallel

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 Historical context

Genesis 19:25 recounts the overthrow of Sodom and its vegetation — a concrete example of fruitful land turned to waste.

Genesis 13:10 Historical context

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 Parallel

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 Parallel

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 Parallel

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 Historical context

Genesis 19:28 shows smoke from Sodom's destruction — the classic example of land turned to salt waste, though salt not explicit here.