Salt
Used as an important preservative of food in the ancient world; it was considered essential for life.
- Lot’s wife became a pillar of salt:Gen. 19:26;
- Ye are the salt of the earth:Matt. 5:13; ( Luke 14:34; 3 Ne. 12:13; )
- The Lord’s covenant people are accounted as the salt of the earth:D&C 101:39–40;
- If the Saints are not the saviors of men, they are as salt that has lost its savor:D&C 103:9–10;
