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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0;"/><title>Topical Bible: Wasted</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/topical/w/wasted.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/newtopical.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/topical/vmenus/mark/14-4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmcde/w/wasted.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/topical/">Topical</a> > Wasted</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/topical/w/waste_places.htm" title="Waste Places">◄</a> Wasted <a href="/topical/w/wastefulness.htm" title="Wastefulness">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse">Jump to: <a href="#web" title="Webster's Dictionary">Webster's</a> • <a href="#cnc" title="Multiversion Concordance">Concordance</a> • <a href="#thes" title="Bible Thesaurus">Thesaurus</a> • <a href="#grk" title="Strong's Greek Concordance">Greek</a> • <a href="#heb" title="Strong's Hebrew Concordance">Hebrew</a> • <a href="#lib" title="Library">Library</a> • <a href="#sub" title="Subtopics">Subtopics</a> • <a href="#rel" title="Related Terms">Terms</a></div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><a name="te" id="te"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Encyclopedia</div>The term "wasted" in the biblical context often refers to the squandering or misuse of resources, opportunities, or life itself. It can denote both physical and spiritual aspects, highlighting the consequences of poor stewardship and disobedience to God's commands. Old Testament References In the Old Testament, the concept of being "wasted" is frequently associated with desolation and destruction as a result of sin and rebellion against God. For instance, in <a href="/isaiah/24-3.htm">Isaiah 24:3</a>, the prophet declares, "The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word." Here, the term "waste" signifies the judgment and devastation that befalls the earth due to humanity's transgressions. The theme of wasted potential is also evident in the account of Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal (<a href="/genesis/25-29.htm">Genesis 25:29-34</a>). This act is later described in <a href="/hebrews/12-16.htm">Hebrews 12:16</a> as a warning against godlessness and the squandering of spiritual inheritance. New Testament References In the New Testament, the parable of the Prodigal Son (<a href="/luke/15-11.htm">Luke 15:11-32</a>) is a poignant illustration of a life wasted in reckless living. The younger son demands his inheritance and squanders it in a distant country, living a life of excess and indulgence. When he finds himself in dire need, he realizes the futility of his actions and returns to his father, who graciously receives him. This parable underscores the themes of repentance and redemption, highlighting the wastefulness of a life lived apart from God. The Apostle Paul also warns against wasting one's life in pursuit of worldly pleasures. In <a href="/ephesians/5-15.htm">Ephesians 5:15-16</a>, he exhorts believers, "Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil." This admonition encourages Christians to live purposefully and wisely, avoiding the pitfalls of a wasted life. Spiritual Implications From a spiritual perspective, the concept of being "wasted" can also refer to the neglect of one's spiritual gifts and calling. In the parable of the talents (<a href="/matthew/25-14.htm">Matthew 25:14-30</a>), Jesus illustrates the importance of using one's God-given abilities for His glory. The servant who buried his talent is rebuked for his laziness and lack of initiative, serving as a cautionary tale against spiritual complacency. The Bible consistently emphasizes the importance of stewardship and the wise use of resources, both material and spiritual. Believers are called to live lives that reflect God's purposes, making the most of the time and opportunities given to them. The notion of being "wasted" serves as a reminder of the consequences of neglecting this divine mandate. Conclusion The biblical concept of "wasted" encompasses both physical and spiritual dimensions, warning against the misuse of resources and opportunities. Through various narratives and teachings, Scripture calls believers to a life of purpose, stewardship, and alignment with God's will, avoiding the pitfalls of a wasted existence.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(imp. & p. p.) of Waste.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/684.htm">684. apoleia -- destruction, loss</a> ... Word Origin from apollumi Definition destruction, loss NASB Word Usage destruction (13), destructive (1), perdition (1), perish (1), waste (1), wasted (1). ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/684.htm - 7k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/8437.htm">8437. tolal -- perhaps to be wasted</a> ... 8436, 8437. tolal. 8438 . perhaps to be wasted. Transliteration: tolal Phonetic Spelling: (to-lawl') Short Definition: tormentors. ... /hebrew/8437.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4198.htm">4198. mazeh -- sucked out, empty</a> ... 4197, 4198. mazeh. 4199 . sucked out, empty. Transliteration: mazeh Phonetic Spelling: (maw-zeh') Short Definition: wasted. Word ... /hebrew/4198.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/1086.htm">1086. balah -- to become old, wear out</a> ... root Definition to become old, wear out NASB Word Usage become old (1), consume (1), decaying (1), spend (1), waste (1), waste away (1), wasted away (1), wear ... /hebrew/1086.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm">7843. shachath -- perhaps to go to ruin</a> ... laid waste (1), polluted (1), raiders (2), ravage (1), ravaged (1), ruin (1), ruined (4), set (1), spoiled (1), stifled (1), waste (1), wasted (1), wreaking ... /hebrew/7843.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/8552.htm">8552. tamam -- to be complete or finished</a> ... to an, have an, make an) end, fail, come to the full, be all gone, X be all here, be (make) perfect, be spent, sum, be (shew self) upright, be wasted, whole. ... /hebrew/8552.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/6244.htm">6244. ashesh -- to waste away</a> ... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to waste away NASB Word Usage wasted away (3). be consumed. A primitive root; probably to shrink, ie Fail -- be consumed. ... /hebrew/6244.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/1669.htm">1669. daeb -- to become faint, languish</a> ... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to become faint, languish NASB Word Usage languish (1), languishes (1), wasted away (1). mourn, sorrowful. ... /hebrew/1669.htm - 5k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/bede/bedes_ecclesiastical_history_of_england/chap_xv_how_king_caedwalla.htm">How King Caedwalla, King of the Gewissae, Having Slain Ethelwalch ...</a> ... BOOK IV CHAP. XV. How King Caedwalla, king of the Gewissae, having slain Ethelwalch, wasted that Province with cruel slaughter and devastation. [685 AD]. ... /.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xv how king caedwalla.htm<a href="/library/watts/the_psalms_and_hymns_of_isaac_watts/psalm_80_the_churchs_prayer.htm">Psalm 80 the Church's Prayer under Affliction; Or, the vineyard of ...</a> ... THE PSALMS OF DAVID PSALM 80 The church's prayer under affliction; or, The vineyard of God wasted. LM The church's prayer under ... /.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/psalm 80 the churchs prayer.htm<a href="/library/watts/the_psalms_of_david/psalm_80_the_churchs_prayer.htm">Psalm 80. The Church's Prayer under Affliction; Or, the vineyard ...</a> ... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 80. The church's prayer under affliction; or, The vineyard of God wasted. 1 Great Shepherd ... /.../watts/the psalms of david/psalm 80 the churchs prayer.htm<a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_62_1916/what_self_deserves.htm">What Self Deserves</a> ... I will put them in this form. The time we wasted before our conversion. ... How much of our time ran to waste! I would especially loathe wasted Sabbaths. ... /.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 62 1916/what self deserves.htm<a href="/library/wilson-carmichael/things_as_they_are/chapter_xxvii_though_ye_know.htm">Though Ye Know Him Not</a> ... Foreign Missions, and yet presumed to argue: 'Your spiritual power and intellectual attainments are needed by the Church at home; they would be wasted in the ... /.../wilson-carmichael/things as they are/chapter xxvii though ye know.htm<a href="/library/wilmot-buxton/the_life_of_duty_a_years_plain_sermons_v_2/sermon_xliv_rendering_our_account.htm">Rendering Our Account.</a> ... days, our times of pleasure, these will all be clamouring in our ears""Give an account of thy stewardship." The dying bed of a sinner, who has wasted his life ... /.../sermon xliv rendering our account.htm<a href="/library/brown/christ_the_way_the_truth_and_the_life/dedication.htm">Dedication.</a> ... many who think it below them to be happy, are too much occupied in) when it hath wasted the spirits, wearied the mind, worn the body, and rarified the brain to ... /.../brown/christ the way the truth and the life/dedication.htm<a href="/library/kingsley/sermons_for_the_times/sermon_xiii_providence.htm">Providence</a> ... reserves to men still the appointed weeks of harvest, yet men will not fear that same Lord their God; and therefore those good things are wasted, and mankind ... /.../kingsley/sermons for the times/sermon xiii providence.htm<a href="/library/dibble/thoughts_on_missions/chapter_i_the_true_spirit.htm">The True Spirit of Missions.</a> ... Anguish, gloom, and a fearful looking for of death, combined with hunger, cold, and a bed of straw, have induced disease, wasted your flesh, destroyed every ... /.../dibble/thoughts on missions/chapter i the true spirit.htm<a href="/library/augustine/confessions_and_enchiridion/book_two_he_concentrates_here.htm">Book Two He Concentrates Here on his Sixteenth Year, a Year of ...</a> ... My form wasted away, and I became corrupt in thy eyes, yet I was still pleasing to my own eyes"and eager to please the eyes of men. CHAPTER II. ... /.../augustine/confessions and enchiridion/book two he concentrates here.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/w/wasted.htm">Wasted (106 Occurrences)</a> ...Wasted (106 Occurrences). Mark 14:4 But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted? (WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV). ... /w/wasted.htm - 35k<a href="/topical/w/wasting.htm">Wasting (57 Occurrences)</a> ... Deuteronomy 32:24 They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With ... /w/wasting.htm - 23k<a href="/topical/k/kain.htm">Kain (2 Occurrences)</a> ... Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive." This place has been very doubtfully identified as the ruin Yukin, a place on a ... /k/kain.htm - 8k<a href="/topical/l/languisheth.htm">Languisheth (10 Occurrences)</a> ... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Joel 1:10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. ... /l/languisheth.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/g/groaning.htm">Groaning (27 Occurrences)</a> ... My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away. ... Psalms 32:3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. ... /g/groaning.htm - 14k<a href="/topical/w/warring.htm">Warring (13 Occurrences)</a> ... 14:12 And this will be the disease which the Lord will send on all the peoples which have been warring against Jerusalem: their flesh will be wasted away while ... /w/warring.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/w/withered.htm">Withered (46 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Wither. 2. (a.) Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. WITHERED. ... /w/withered.htm - 22k<a href="/topical/d/desolated.htm">Desolated (21 Occurrences)</a> ... Ezekiel 30:7 And they shall be desolated in the midst of the countries that are desolated, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. ... /d/desolated.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/m/mourneth.htm">Mourneth (14 Occurrences)</a> ... (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS). Joel 1:10 The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. ... /m/mourneth.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/h/haggard.htm">Haggard (2 Occurrences)</a> ... 2. (a.) Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance; as, haggard ... /h/haggard.htm - 7k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-time-management.html">What does the Bible say about time management? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/dealing-with-regrets.html">What does the Bible say about dealing with regrets? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/create-in-me-a-clean-heart.html">Why did David ask God to “create in me a clean heart” in Psalm 51:10? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/wasted.htm">Wasted: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Wasted (106 Occurrences)<a href="/mark/14-4.htm">Mark 14:4</a> But there were some who were indignant among themselves, saying, "Why has this ointment been wasted? (WEB WEY BBE NAS RSV)<a href="/luke/13-7.htm">Luke 13:7</a> So he said to the gardener, "'See, this is the third year I have come to look for fruit on this fig-tree and cannot find any. Cut it down. Why should so much ground be actually wasted?' (WEY)<a href="/luke/15-13.htm">Luke 15:13</a> Not many days after, the younger son gathered all of this together and traveled into a far country. There he wasted his property with riotous living. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS)<a href="/luke/16-1.htm">Luke 16:1</a> And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. (KJV WBS)<a href="/john/5-3.htm">John 5:3</a> In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies. (BBE)<a href="/john/6-12.htm">John 6:12</a> And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted. (BBE NIV)<a href="/acts/12-23.htm">Acts 12:23</a> And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end. (BBE)<a href="/2_corinthians/4-16.htm">2 Corinthians 4:16</a> For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man is wasted, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. (WBS)<a href="/galatians/1-13.htm">Galatians 1:13</a> For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: (KJV WBS)<a href="/galatians/4-11.htm">Galatians 4:11</a> I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you. (WEB NIV)<a href="/james/5-3.htm">James 5:3</a> Your gold and your silver are wasted and their waste will be a witness against you, burning into your flesh. You have put by your store in the last days. (BBE)<a href="/jude/1-12.htm">Jude 1:12</a> These men are unseen rocks at your love-feasts, when they take part in them with you, keepers of sheep who without fear take the food of the sheep; clouds without water rushing before the wind, wasted trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots, (BBE)<a href="/genesis/31-40.htm">Genesis 31:40</a> This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/38-9.htm">Genesis 38:9</a> Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. (See NAS)<a href="/genesis/41-6.htm">Genesis 41:6</a> And after them came up seven other heads, thin and wasted by the east wind. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/41-23.htm">Genesis 41:23</a> And then I saw seven other heads, dry, thin, and wasted by the east wind, coming up after them: (BBE)<a href="/genesis/47-13.htm">Genesis 47:13</a> Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food. (BBE NIV)<a href="/numbers/11-6.htm">Numbers 11:6</a> But now our soul is wasted away; there is nothing at all: we have nothing but this manna before our eyes. (BBE)<a href="/numbers/12-12.htm">Numbers 12:12</a> Let her not be as one dead, whose flesh is half wasted when he comes out from the body of his mother. (BBE)<a href="/numbers/14-33.htm">Numbers 14:33</a> And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. (KJV DBY WBS)<a href="/numbers/24-22.htm">Numbers 24:22</a> Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur carries you away captive." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS RSV)<a href="/deuteronomy/2-14.htm">Deuteronomy 2:14</a> And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them. (KJV WBS)<a href="/deuteronomy/28-28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:28</a> He will make your minds diseased, and your eyes blind, and your hearts wasted with fear: (BBE)<a href="/deuteronomy/28-32.htm">Deuteronomy 28:32</a> Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people, and your eyes will be wasted away with looking and weeping for them all the day: and you will have no power to do anything. (BBE)<a href="/deuteronomy/29-23.htm">Deuteronomy 29:23</a> And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath: (BBE)<a href="/deuteronomy/32-24.htm">Deuteronomy 32:24</a> They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust. (WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV)<a href="/judges/6-5.htm">Judges 6:5</a> For they would come up with their cattle and their tents, coming like locusts for number; both they and their camels could not be counted; so that they wasted the land as they came in. (DBY RSV)<a href="/1_samuel/2-5.htm">1 Samuel 2:5</a> Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow. (BBE)<a href="/1_samuel/15-9.htm">1 Samuel 15:9</a> and Saul hath pity -- also the people -- on Agag, and on the best of the flock, and of the herd, and of the seconds, and on the lambs, and on all that 'is' good, and have not been willing to devote them; and all the work, despised and wasted -- it they devoted. (YLT)<a href="/2_samuel/3-29.htm">2 Samuel 3:29</a> May it come on the head of Joab and all his father's family: among the men of Joab's family may there ever be some who are diseased or lepers, or who do the work of women, or are put to the sword, or are wasted from need of food! (BBE)<a href="/2_samuel/13-39.htm">2 Samuel 13:39</a> And the heart of David was wasted with desire for Absalom: for he was comforted for the death of Amnon. (BBE)<a href="/2_samuel/21-5.htm">2 Samuel 21:5</a> And they said to the king, As for the man by whom we were wasted, and who made designs against us to have us completely cut off from the land of Israel, (BBE)<a href="/2_samuel/22-46.htm">2 Samuel 22:46</a> They will be wasted away, they will come out of their secret places shaking with fear. (BBE)<a href="/1_kings/17-16.htm">1 Kings 17:16</a> And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. (KJV ASV WBS)<a href="/job/5-15.htm">Job 5:15</a> And He saveth the wasted from their mouth, And from a strong hand the needy, (YLT)<a href="/job/7-16.htm">Job 7:16</a> I have wasted away -- not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days 'are' vanity. (YLT)<a href="/job/17-7.htm">Job 17:7</a> My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade. (BBE)<a href="/job/18-13.htm">Job 18:13</a> His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases. (BBE)<a href="/job/30-3.htm">Job 30:3</a> They are wasted for need of food, biting the dry earth; their only hope of life is in the waste land. (BBE)<a href="/job/33-21.htm">Job 33:21</a> His flesh is so wasted away, that it may not be seen, and his bones. ... (BBE RSV)<a href="/psalms/6-2.htm">Psalms 6:2</a> Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/6-7.htm">Psalms 6:7</a> My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me. (See NAS)<a href="/psalms/31-9.htm">Psalms 31:9</a> Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body. (BBE NAS RSV)<a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Psalms 31:10</a> For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away. (WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY NAS)<a href="/psalms/32-3.htm">Psalms 32:3</a> When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. (WEB ASV BBE NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/psalms/38-3.htm">Psalms 38:3</a> My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/39-10.htm">Psalms 39:10</a> No longer let your hand be hard on me; I am wasted by the blows of your hand. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/39-11.htm">Psalms 39:11</a> By the weight of your wrath against man's sin, the glory of his form is wasted away; truly every man is but a breath. (Selah.) (BBE)<a href="/psalms/63-1.htm">Psalms 63:1</a> <A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.> O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is; (BBE)<a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Psalms 69:3</a> I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalms 73:19</a> How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/78-33.htm">Psalms 78:33</a> So their days were wasted like a breath, and their years in trouble. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/88-9.htm">Psalms 88:9</a> My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you. (See NAS)<a href="/psalms/102-3.htm">Psalms 102:3</a> My days are wasted like smoke, and my bones are burned up as in a fire. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/102-5.htm">Psalms 102:5</a> Because of the voice of my sorrow, my flesh is wasted to the bone. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/106-43.htm">Psalms 106:43</a> Many times he delivered them, but they were rebellious in their counsel, and were brought low in their iniquity. (See NIV)<a href="/psalms/107-26.htm">Psalms 107:26</a> The sailors go up to heaven, and down into the deep; their souls are wasted because of their trouble. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/112-10.htm">Psalms 112:10</a> The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/119-28.htm">Psalms 119:28</a> My soul is wasted with sorrow; give me strength again in keeping with your word (BBE)<a href="/psalms/119-60.htm">Psalms 119:60</a> I was quick to do your orders, and let no time be wasted. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/119-81.htm">Psalms 119:81</a> <CAPH> My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/119-123.htm">Psalms 119:123</a> My eyes are wasted with desire for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness. (BBE)<a href="/psalms/137-3.htm">Psalms 137:3</a> For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. (KJV ASV WBS)<a href="/proverbs/5-11.htm">Proverbs 5:11</a> And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted; (BBE)<a href="/proverbs/21-20.htm">Proverbs 21:20</a> There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man. (BBE)<a href="/proverbs/23-8.htm">Proverbs 23:8</a> The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted. (BBE DBY NIV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/10-19.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:19</a> A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted. (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/5-13.htm">Isaiah 5:13</a> For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water. (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/6-11.htm">Isaiah 6:11</a> Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, (KJV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Isaiah 10:16</a> For this cause the Lord, the Lord of armies, will make his fat become wasted; and in his inner parts a fire will be lighted like a burning flame. (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/10-18.htm">Isaiah 10:18</a> And he will put an end to the glory of his woods and of his planted fields, soul and body together; and it will be as when a man is wasted by disease. (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/17-11.htm">Isaiah 17:11</a> In the day of your planting you were watching its growth, and in the morning your seed was flowering: but its fruit is wasted away in the day of grief and bitter sorrow. (BBE)<a href="/isaiah/17-12.htm">Isaiah 17:12</a> Wo 'to' the multitude of many peoples, As the sounding of seas they sound; And 'to' the wasting of nations, As the wasting of mighty waters they are wasted. (YLT)<a href="/isaiah/17-13.htm">Isaiah 17:13</a> Nations as the wasting of many waters are wasted, And He hath pushed against it, And it hath fled afar off, And been pursued as chaff of hills before wind, And as a rolling thing before a hurricane. (YLT)<a href="/isaiah/19-5.htm">Isaiah 19:5</a> The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/isaiah/33-1.htm">Isaiah 33:1</a> Woe to thee that layest waste, and thou wast not laid waste; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to lay waste, thou shalt be wasted; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. (WBS)<a href="/isaiah/60-12.htm">Isaiah 60:12</a> For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/jeremiah/2-12.htm">Jeremiah 2:12</a> Be astonished, ye heavens, at this, Yea, be frightened, be greatly wasted, An affirmation of Jehovah. (YLT)<a href="/jeremiah/4-20.htm">Jeremiah 4:20</a> Destruction upon destruction is proclaimed; for the whole land is wasted: suddenly are my tents laid waste, my curtains, in a moment. (DBY)<a href="/jeremiah/12-11.htm">Jeremiah 12:11</a> They have made it waste; it is weeping to me, being wasted; all the land is made waste, because no man takes it to heart. (BBE)<a href="/jeremiah/20-18.htm">Jeremiah 20:18</a> Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame? (BBE)<a href="/jeremiah/26-9.htm">Jeremiah 26:9</a> Wherefore hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, 'As Shiloh this house shall be, and this city is wasted, without inhabitant?' and all the people are assembled unto Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah. (YLT)<a href="/jeremiah/44-6.htm">Jeremiah 44:6</a> Therefore my wrath and my anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS)<a href="/jeremiah/44-18.htm">Jeremiah 44:18</a> But from the time when we gave up burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her, we have been in need of all things, and have been wasted by the sword and by need of food. (BBE)<a href="/jeremiah/44-27.htm">Jeremiah 44:27</a> See, I am watching over them for evil and not for good: all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will be wasted by the sword and by need of food till there is an end of them. (BBE)<a href="/jeremiah/49-10.htm">Jeremiah 49:10</a> I have had Esau searched out, uncovering his secret places, so that he may not keep himself covered: his seed is wasted and has come to an end, and there is no help from his neighbours. (BBE DBY)<a href="/jeremiah/49-25.htm">Jeremiah 49:25</a> How has the town of praise been wasted, the place of joy! (BBE)<a href="/lamentations/2-8.htm">Lamentations 2:8</a> It is the Lord's purpose to make waste the wall of the daughter of Zion; his line has been stretched out, he has not kept back his hand from destruction: he has sent sorrow on tower and wall, they have become feeble together. (See NIV)<a href="/lamentations/3-4.htm">Lamentations 3:4</a> My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones. (DBY)<a href="/lamentations/4-5.htm">Lamentations 4:5</a> Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust. (BBE)<a href="/ezekiel/24-23.htm">Ezekiel 24:23</a> And your bonnets 'are' on your heads, And your shoes 'are' on your feet, Ye do not mourn nor do ye weep, And ye have wasted away for your iniquities, And ye have howled one unto another. (YLT)<a href="/ezekiel/26-19.htm">Ezekiel 26:19</a> For thus said the Lord Jehovah: In my making thee a city wasted, Like cities that have not been inhabited, In bringing up against thee the deep, Then covered thee have the great waters. (YLT)<a href="/ezekiel/30-7.htm">Ezekiel 30:7</a> They shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)<a href="/ezekiel/30-12.htm">Ezekiel 30:12</a> And I will make the Nile streams dry, and will give the land into the hands of evil men, causing the land and everything in it to be wasted by the hands of men from a strange country: I the Lord have said it. (BBE)<a href="/ezekiel/34-29.htm">Ezekiel 34:29</a> And I will give them planting-places of peace, and they will no longer be wasted from need of food or put to shame by the nations. (BBE)<a href="/ezekiel/36-35.htm">Ezekiel 36:35</a> And they will say, This land which was waste has become like the garden of Eden; and the towns which were unpeopled and wasted and pulled down are walled and peopled. (BBE YLT)<a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Ezekiel 39:10</a> So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall lay waste those that wasted them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. (WBS)<a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3</a> Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away. (BBE)<a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10</a> The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. (KJV JPS BBE DBY WBS)<a href="/amos/1-2.htm">Amos 1:2</a> And he said, The Lord will give a lion's cry from Zion, his voice will be sounding from Jerusalem; and the fields of the keepers of sheep will become dry, and the top of Carmel will be wasted away. 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