Mark 14:4

But there were some who were indignantly remarking to one another, “Why has this perfume been wasted?

Matthew 26:8-9

But when the disciples saw it they were indignant and angry, saying, “Why all this waste [of money]?

John 12:4-5

But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, the one who was going to betray Him, said,

Ecclesiastes 4:4

I have seen that every [effort in] labor and every skill in work comes from man’s rivalry with his neighbor. This too is vanity (futility, false pride) and chasing after the wind.

Ecclesiastes 5:4-8

When you make a vow or a pledge to God, do not put off paying it; for God takes no pleasure in fools [who thoughtlessly mock Him]. Pay what you vow.

Malachi 1:12-13

“But you [priests] profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’

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