49 Bible Verses about Waste

And not many days after, having gathered all things, the younger son went abroad into a far-off country, and there disposed his property, living in a profligate manner. And having spent all things, a powerful famine was in that country; and he began to be in want. And having gone, he was joined to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into the fields to feed swine.read more.
And he eagerly desired to fill his belly with the fruits of the horntree which the swine ate: and none gave to him.

A treasure desired, and oil in the house of the wise one; and the foolish man will swallow it down.

A man loving wisdom will gladden his father: and he feeding harlots shall destroy riches.

And he said to his disciples, A certain man was rich, who had a steward; and he was slandered to him as dispersing his goods.

Come on now, ye rich, weep, uttering loud cries of grief for the misfortunes coming upon you. Your riches have become corrupted, and your garments have been moth eaten; Your gold and silver is become rusty; and their rust shall be for a witness to you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have gathered up treasures in the last days.read more.
Behold, the hire of laborers having reaped your farms, withheld by you, cries out, and the cries of the reapers have entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Ye have led a luxurious life upon the earth, and have rioted in luxury; ye have nourished your hearts, as in the day of slaughter. Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just one; and he resists you not.

For the time of life passed over sufficient for us to have wrought the will of the nations, having gone in licentiousness, eager desires, drunkenness, revellings, drinkings, and criminal idolatries: In which they are astonished, you not running together in the same pouring out of lavish expense, blaspheming: Who shall return the word to him holding in readiness to judge the living and the dead.

And now, ye sons, hear to me, and ye shall not depart from the words of my mouth. Remove far off from her thy way, and thou shalt not draw near to the door of her house: Lest thou shalt give thy strength to others, and thy years to the cruel:read more.
Lest strangers shall be filled with thy strength, and thy labors in the house of strangers; And thou didst lament in thy latter state, in the consuming of thy flesh and thy fulness, And thou saidst, How did I hate instruction, and my heart despise reproofs And I heard not to the voice of him teaching me, and I inclined not mine ear to him instructing me. As I was almost in all evil in the midst of the convocation and the assembly.

And when they were filled, he says to his disciples, Gather the fragments remaining over, that nothing should be lost. Then gathered they, and filled twelve baskets of the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over to them having eaten.

They watching the vanities of falsehood will forsake their kindness.

Then said Jesus to them, Yet a little time the light is with you. Walk while ye have light, lest darkness overtake you: and he walking in darkness knows not where he retires. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye might be the sons of light. These things spake Jesus, and having departed, he was hid from them.

And working together, we also beseech, lest also ye receive the grace of God in vain.

And now, having known God, and rather known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and poor elements, to which again ye wish anew to be in a servile condition Ye observe narrowly days, and months, and times, and years. I am afraid of you, lest I have been wearied for you in vain.

For we sinning voluntarily after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there is left no more a sacrifice for sins, But a certain terrible expectation of judgment and jealousy of fire, being about to devour the adversaries. Any one having rejected Moses' law, without compassion dies by two or three witnesses:read more.
Of how much worse punishment, think ye, shall he be deemed worthy. having trodden down the Son of God, and deemed the blood of the covenant common, in which he was consecrated, and having outraged the Spirit of grace?

For it was better for them not to have known the way of justice, than, having known, to turn back from the holy command delivererd to them.

For as a man going abroad, called his own servants, and delivered them his possessions: And to one he truly gave five talents, and to one, two, and to one, one; to each according to his own power; and he quickly went abroad. And he having received five talents, having gone, worked with them, and he made other five talents.read more.
Likewise he having the two also, gained he also other two. And he having received one, having departed, dug in the earth, and concealed his lord's silver. And after much time the lord of these servants comes, and lifts up the word with them. And he having received the five talents, having come near, brought the other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst me five talents: and I have gained other five talents. And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful servant: thou west faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many; enter into the joy of thy lord. And he also having received the two talents, having come near said, Lord, thou deliveredst me two talents; see, I gained two other talents to them. His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many; enter into the joy of thy lord. And he also having received one talent, having come near, said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou sowedst not, and gathering where thou scatteredst not: And having been afraid, having gone away, I concealed thy talent in the earth; see, thou hast thine own. And his lord having answered, said to him, O evil and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I scattered not: Thou therefore oughtest to have cast my silver to the money changers, and I having come, had received mine own, with interest Therefore take the talent away from him, and give him having ten talents. For to every one having shall be given, and he shall be in abundance: and from him not having, also what he has shall be taken away from him. And cast ye the useless servant into darkness without; weeping shall be there, and gnashing of teeth.

Then he said, A certain honourable man went into a country far off to take unto himself a kingdom, and to return. And having called his ten servants, he gave them ten coins, and said to them, Attend to business, till I come. And his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We wish not this to reign over us.read more.
And it was in his coming back, having received the kingdom, and he spake to have these servants called to him, to whom he gave the silver, that he might know who had attended to any business. And the first approached, saying, Lord, thy coin has gained ten coins. And he said to him, Well, good servant: because thou west faithful in the least, be thou having power over ten cities. And the second came saying, Lord, thy coin made five coins. And he said to him, And be thou over five cities. And another came saying, Lord, behold, thy coin which I have placed in a napkin: For I feared thee, for thou art an austere man: thou takest up what thou layedst not down, and thou reapest what thou didst not sow. And he said to him, Out of thy month will I judge thee, O evil servant. Thou knewest that I am an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I sowed not: And wherefore gavest thou not my silver to the bankers, and I having come had received it with interest? And to those standing by he said, Take away from him the coin, and give to him having the ten coins. (And they said to him, Lord, he has ten coins.) For I say to you, That to every one having shall be given; and from him not having, and what he has shall be taken away from him. But those mine enemies, not haying wished me to reign over them, bring hither, and slaughter before me.

Making purchase of time, for the days are evil.

I must work the works of him having sent me, while it is day: night comes, when none can work.

Wherefore then as we have time, let us work good to all, and chiefly to them of the household of faith.

In wisdom walk toward them without, purchasing the time.

Ye should not give the holy thing to dogs neither should ye cast your pearls before swine, lest they tread them down with their feet, and having turned, should rend yon.

He instructing him mocking received to himself dishonor: and he reproving to the unjust one, his blemish.

In the ears of the foolish thou shalt not speak, for he will despise for the understanding of thy words.

And the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: and he cannot know, for they are spiritually examined.

And Jacob will boil a boiling, and Esau will come from the country, and he faint And Esau will say to Jacob, Give me now to eat from the red; this red, for I faint: for this he called his name Edom. And Jacob will say, Sell this day thy birth-right to me.read more.
And Esau will say, Behold, I am going to die, and what to me this birthright? And Jacob will say, Swear to me this day: and he will swear to him: and he will sell his birth-right to Jacob. And Jacob gave Esau food, and the boiling of lentiles; and he will eat and drink and will rise and go forth: and Esau will despise the birth-right

Lest any fornicator, or profane, as Esau, who for one act of' eating sold his primogeniture.

And Delilah will see that he announced to her all his heart, and she will send and call to the princes of Philisteim, saying, Come up to me this time; for he announced to her all his heart And the princes of Philisteim will come up to her, and will bring up the silver in their hand. And she will cause him to sleep upon her knees; and she will call to a man, and she will shave the seven braids of his head; and she will begin to humble him, and his strength will remove from him. And she will say, Philisteim upon thee, Samson. And he will awake from his sleep, and say, I will go forth as once upon once, and shake myself. And he knew not that Jehovah removed from him.read more.
And Philisteim will seize him, and they will bore out his eyes, and will bring him down to Gaza and bind him with fetters of brass, and he will be grinding in the house of bonds.

And David will come to Saul, and stand before him: and he will love him greatly; and he will be to him lifting up the arms.

And David will set up this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (And he will say to teach the sons of Judah the bow: it was written upon the book of Jasher.) The beauty of Israel was wounded upon thy heights: how have the powerful fallenread more.
Ye shall not announce in Gath, ye shall not announce the good news in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the rovers shall rejoice--lest the daughters of the uncircumcised shall exult Mountains of Gilboa, no dew and no rain upon you, and fields of offerings: for there the shield of the powerful was cast away--the shield of Saul as not anointed with oil. From the blood of the wounded and from the fat of the powerful, the bow of Jonathan drew not back in the rear, and the sword of Saul will not turn back empty. Saul and Jonathan beloved and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not separated: they were swift above eagles, they were strong above lions. Daughters of Israel weep for Saul, having clothed you with scarlet, with delights; bringing up ornaments of gold upon your garments. How have the powerful fallen in the midst of the battle Jonathan wounded upon the heights! Distress to me for thee, my brother Jonathan: thou wert sweet to me exceedingly: thy love to me was wonderful above the love of women. How have the powerful fallen and the vessels of war perished.

Then Judas, he delivering him up, having seen that he was condemned, having felt regret, returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests, and the more ancient, Saying, I have sinned, having delivered up guiltless blood. And they said, What to us? thou shalt see. And having cast down the silver coins in the temple, he withdrew and having gone away, he strangled him self.

And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leprous, There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of costly perfumed ointment, and she poured upon the head of him, reclining at table. And his disciples seeing, felt pain, saying, For what this loss?read more.
For this perfumed oil could have been sold for much, and have been given to the poor. And Jesus having known, said to them, Why offer ye toils to the woman? for a good work has she worked upon me. For always the poor ye have with you, but me ye have not always. For she, casting this perfumed oil upon my body, did to prepare me for interment, Truly I say to you, Wheresoever this good news be proclaimed in the whole world, shall it also be spoken what she did, for a remembrance of her.

And he being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leprous, he reclining at table, a woman came having an alabaster box of perfumed oil of persuasive, costly, spikenard;. and having broken the alabaster box, she poured upon his head. And there were some displeased in themselves, and saying, For what has been the loss of this perfumed oil? For this could have been sold for above three hundred drachmas, and have been given to the poor. And they raged against her.read more.
And Jesus said, Let her go; why bestow ye weariness upon her? she has wrought a good work upon me. For always have ye the poor with you, and when ye wish ye can do them good: and me ye have not always. And what she had, she has done: she has undertaken beforehand to perfume my body for the burial. Truly I say to you, Wherever this good news be proclaimed in the whole world, also what she has done shall be spoken for a memorial of her.

Then Jesus, six days before the pascha, came to Bethany, where was Lazarus the dead, whom he raised from the dead. Then made they him a supper there, and Martha served; and Lazarus was one of them reclining at table with him. Then Mary having taken a pound of perfumed oil of spikenard, very precious, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hairs: and the house was filled with the smell of the perfumed oil.read more.
Then says one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, of Simon, being about to deliver him up, Wherefore was not this perfumed oil sold for three hundred drachmas, and given to the poor? And this he said, not that care was to him for the poor: but because he was a thief, and had the small coffer, and carried things deposited. Then said Jesus, Let her go; for the day of my interment has she kept this. For the poor have ye always with you;and me ye have not always.

And he as rottenness will fall away; as a garment the moth ate it.

His flesh will consume away from seeing, and they saw not the nakedness of his bones.

If I was silent, my bones fell away in my groaning all the day.

Those wounded by the sword were good above those wounded by famine: these will flow away, being thrust through from the produce of the field.

Wherefore we lose not courage; but if also our man without is destroyed, but he within is renewed day and day.

Behold me commanding, says Jehovah; and I turned them back to this city, and they warred against it and took it, and burnt it in fire: and the cities of Judah will I give to desolation from none inhabiting.

And I gave your cities a desert, and I laid waste your holy places, and I will not smell upon the odor of your sweetness. And I laid the land waste, and your enemies were astonished at it, they dwelling upon it And I will scatter you among the nations, and I drew out after you a sword: and your land was a desert, and your cities shall be a desolation.

And the priest bound the woman by an oath in these curses, and the priest said to the woman, Jehovah will give thee for a curse, and for an oath in the midst of thy people, in Jehovah's giving thy thigh to fall, and thy belly to go forth.

Jehovah shall strike thee with consumption, and with burning fever, and with inflammation, and with sword and with burning, and with blasting, and with yellowness: and they shall pursue thee till he have destroyed thee.

Pitch and burning salt, all its land; it shall not be sown, and it shall not sprout, and no green herb shall come up upon it, as the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his wrath:

Exhausted with hunger, consumed with burning, And bitter destruction: And I will send upon them the tooth of beasts, With the wrath of those crawlers of the dust

Many times he will deliver them, and they will embitter with their counsel, and they will be brought low in their iniquity.

Behold, Jehovah emptying the earth and making it waste, and subverting its face, and scattering its inhabitants.

So that they shall want bread and water, and they were astonished, a man and his brother, and they were melted in their iniquity.

Ephraim shall be for desolation in the day of chastisement: in the tribes of Israel I made known the faithful thing.