'Wasted' in the Bible
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.
‘They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plagueAnd bitter destruction;And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them,With the venom of crawling things of the dust.
My eye has wasted away with grief;It has become old because of all my adversaries.
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.
For my life is spent with sorrowAnd my years with sighing;My strength has failed because of my iniquity,And my body has wasted away.
When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted awayThrough my groaning all day long.
My eye has wasted away because of affliction;I have called upon You every day, O Lord;I have spread out my hands to You.