8 occurrences in 13 translations

'Wasted' in the Bible

Hasn't he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us!

Verse ConceptsReckoningReckoned As Foreigners

Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother’s wife, he wasted his seed on the ground in order not to give offspring to his brother.

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningSemenNot GivingPeople With General KnowledgesexSeedsSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

And after them came up seven other heads, thin and wasted by the east wind.

Verse ConceptseastSeven ThingsOut Of The EastScorchingThin BodiesThe East Wind

And then I saw seven other heads, dry, thin, and wasted by the east wind, coming up after them:

Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsOut Of The EastScorchingThin Bodies

The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of grain, dry and wasted by the east wind, are seven years when there will be no food.

Verse ConceptsFamine, Characteristics OfSeven AnimalsSeven ThingsOut Of The EastScorchingThin Bodies

If we had not wasted time, we could have come back twice by now.”

Verse ConceptsDoing Things TwicePeople Who Delayed

But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine.

Verse ConceptsFaintingWithout Strength

Bible Theasaurus

Bony (1 instance)
Consume (170 instances)
Desolate (212 instances)
Devastate (25 instances)
Diminished (15 instances)
Emaciated (8 instances)
Gaunt (8 instances)
Haggard (1 instance)
Languish (15 instances)
Neutralize (1 instance)
Pinched (1 instance)
Pointless (31 instances)
Ravage (15 instances)
Scourge (23 instances)
Squander (1 instance)
Squandered (1 instance)
Wasted (113 instances)

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