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The concept of waste is addressed in both the Old and New Testaments, often serving as a metaphor for spiritual barrenness or divine judgment. Old Testament Usage 1. Desolation and Ruin: The Hebrew word often translated as "waste" is "shamem," which conveys a sense of desolation or ruin. This is frequently used in the prophetic books to describe the consequences of Israel's disobedience. For instance, in <a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Isaiah 5:6</a>, God declares judgment on His vineyard, saying, "I will make it a wasteland; it will not be pruned or hoed, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will command the clouds not to rain on it." 2. Wilderness and Barrenness: The term is also used to describe uninhabited or barren lands. In <a href="/deuteronomy/32-10.htm">Deuteronomy 32:10</a>, God’s care for Israel is depicted as finding them in a "desert land, in a barren, howling waste." Here, the wilderness represents both physical and spiritual desolation, from which God redeems His people. 3. Judgment and Punishment: Waste is often associated with divine judgment. In <a href="/jeremiah/4-7.htm">Jeremiah 4:7</a>, the prophet warns of impending destruction: "A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out; he has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins without inhabitants." New Testament Usage 1. Misuse of Resources: In the New Testament, the concept of waste is sometimes linked to the misuse or squandering of resources. In the parable of the Prodigal Son (<a href="/luke/15-13.htm">Luke 15:13</a>), the younger son "squandered his wealth in wild living," illustrating the spiritual and material waste that comes from living apart from God’s will. 2. Spiritual Neglect: Waste can also refer to the neglect of spiritual gifts and opportunities. In <a href="/matthew/25-14.htm">Matthew 25:14-30</a>, the Parable of the Talents warns against wasting the resources and opportunities God provides. The servant who buried his talent is rebuked for his wastefulness and lack of stewardship. Theological Implications From a theological perspective, waste is often seen as a failure to honor God with the resources, time, and opportunities He provides. It serves as a reminder of the importance of stewardship and the consequences of neglecting God’s commands. The biblical narrative consistently calls believers to be fruitful and multiply, both physically and spiritually, avoiding the desolation that comes from disobedience and neglect. Moral and Ethical Considerations The Bible encourages believers to avoid wastefulness in all forms, advocating for a life of purpose and intentionality. <a href="/proverbs/18-9.htm">Proverbs 18:9</a> warns, "Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys." This highlights the moral responsibility to use resources wisely and to work diligently, reflecting God’s order and creativity in the world. In summary, the concept of waste in the Bible serves as a powerful metaphor for spiritual desolation and a call to faithful stewardship. It underscores the importance of living a life that honors God through the wise use of His gifts and the avoidance of spiritual and material waste.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless.2. (a.) Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper.3. (a.) Lost for want of occupiers or use; superfluous.4. (v.) To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.5. (v.) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.6. (v.) To spend unnecessarily or carelessly; to employ prodigally; to expend without valuable result; to apply to useless purposes; to lavish vainly; to squander; to cause to be lost; to destroy by scattering or injury.7. (v.) To damage, impair, or injure, as an estate, voluntarily, or by suffering the buildings, fences, etc., to go to decay.8. (v. i.) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value, or the like, gradually; to be consumed; to dwindle; to grow less.9. (v. i.) To procure or sustain a reduction of flesh; -- said of a jockey in preparation for a race, etc.10. (n.) The act of wasting, or the state of being wasted; a squandering; needless destruction; useless consumption or expenditure; devastation; loss without equivalent gain; gradual loss or decrease, by use, wear, or decay; as, a waste of property, time, labor, words, etc.11. (v.) That which is wasted or desolate; a devastated, uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted region; an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a wilderness.12. (v.) That which is of no value; worthless remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc.13. (v.) Spoil, destruction, or injury, done to houses, woods, fences, lands, etc., by a tenant for life or for years, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder.14. (v.) Old or abandoned workings, whether left as vacant space or filled with refuse.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/3133.htm">3133. maraino -- to quench, waste away</a> ... to quench, waste away. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: maraino Phonetic Spelling: (mar-ah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I die, wither Definition: pass: I die ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3133.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/4020.htm">4020. periergazomai -- to waste one's labor about (a thing)</a> ... to waste one's labor about (a thing). Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: periergazomai Phonetic Spelling: (per-ee-er-gad'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I overdo ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4020.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/3583.htm">3583. xeraino -- to dry up, waste away</a> ... to dry up, waste away. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: xeraino Phonetic Spelling: (xay-rah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I dry up, parch, ripen Definition: I ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3583.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/4199.htm">4199. portheo -- to destroy</a> ... to destroy. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: portheo Phonetic Spelling: (por-theh'-o) Short Definition: I lay waste, destroy Definition: I lay waste ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4199.htm - 6k<a href="/greek/1287.htm">1287. diaskorpizo -- generally to separate, spec. to winnow, fig. ...</a> ... Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diaskorpizo Phonetic Spelling: (dee-as-kor- pid'-zo) Short Definition: I scatter, winnow, disperse, waste Definition: I ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1287.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/2049.htm">2049. eremoo -- to desolate</a> ... eremoo Phonetic Spelling: (er-ay-mo'-o) Short Definition: I destroy, strip, rob Definition: (a) I make desolate, bring to desolation, destroy, waste, (b) of a ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2049.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/5351.htm">5351. phtheiro -- to destroy, corrupt, spoil</a> ... 5351 (from , "perish, waste away") -- properly, waste , corrupt (deteriorate); (figuratively) to cause or experience -- ie decomposition (break-down), due to ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5351.htm - 7k<a href="/greek/1159.htm">1159. dapanao -- to spend, spend freely</a> ... spend freely. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: dapanao Phonetic Spelling: (dap-an-ah'-o) Short Definition: I spend, bear expense, waste Definition: I spend ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1159.htm - 7k<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 href="/greek/1311.htm">1311. diaphtheiro -- to destroy utterly, to spoil, corrupt</a> ... to spoil, corrupt. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diaphtheiro Phonetic Spelling: (dee-af-thi'-ro) Short Definition: I destroy, waste, corrupt Definition ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1311.htm - 8k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/1110.htm">1110. balaq -- to waste, lay waste</a> ... 1109b, 1110. balaq. 1111 . to waste, lay waste. Transliteration: balaq Phonetic Spelling: (baw-lak') Short Definition: devastates. Word Origin a prim. ... /hebrew/1110.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/8077.htm">8077. shemamah -- devastation, waste</a> ... shemamah or shimamah. 8078 . devastation, waste. Transliteration: shemamah or shimamah Phonetic Spelling: (shem-aw-maw') Short Definition: desolation. ... /hebrew/8077.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2723.htm">2723. chorbah -- waste, desolation, ruin</a> ... 2722, 2723. chorbah. 2724 . waste, desolation, ruin. Transliteration: chorbah Phonetic Spelling: (khor-baw') Short Definition: ruins. ... /hebrew/2723.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2717b.htm">2717b. chareb -- to be waste or desolate</a> ... 2717a, 2717b. chareb. 2717c . to be waste or desolate. Transliteration: chareb Short Definition: waste. Word Origin a prim. root ... /hebrew/2717b.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/8047.htm">8047. shammah -- waste, horror</a> ... 8046b, 8047. shammah. 8048 . waste, horror. Transliteration: shammah Phonetic Spelling: (sham-maw') Short Definition: desolation. ... ruin, desolation, waste. ... /hebrew/8047.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/4923.htm">4923. meshammah -- devastation, waste, horror</a> ... 4922, 4923. meshammah. 4924 . devastation, waste, horror. Transliteration: meshammah Phonetic Spelling: (mesh-am-maw') Short Definition: waste. ... /hebrew/4923.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/7736.htm">7736. shud -- waste</a> ... shud. 7737 . waste. Transliteration: shud Phonetic Spelling: (shood) Short Definition: waste. Word Origin see shadad. shod Definition see NH7699b, NH7701. waste ... /hebrew/7736.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/6658b.htm">6658b. tsadah -- to lay waste</a> ... tsadah. 6659 . to lay waste. Transliteration: tsadah Short Definition: waste. Word Origin a prim. root Definition to lay waste NASB Word Usage laid waste (1). ... /hebrew/6658b.htm - 5k <a href="/hebrew/2718.htm">2718. charab -- to be a waste</a> ... 2717c, 2718. charab. 2719 . to be a waste. Transliteration: charab Phonetic Spelling: (khar-ab') Short Definition: waste. Word Origin ... /hebrew/2718.htm - 6k <a href="/hebrew/2720b.htm">2720b. chareb -- waste, desolate</a> ... waste, desolate. Transliteration: chareb Short Definition: desolate. Word Origin from chareb Definition waste, desolate NASB Word Usage desolate (4), waste (4). ... /hebrew/2720b.htm - 5k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/kingsley/daily_thoughts_/waste_november_18.htm">Waste. November 18.</a> ... Waste. November 18. Thrift of the heart, thrift of the emotions"how are they wasted in these days in reading sensation novels! ... //christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/daily thoughts /waste november 18.htm<a href="/library/hippolytus/the_refutation_of_all_heresies/chapter_xii_waste_of_mental_energy.htm">Waste of Mental Energy in the Systems of the Astrologers.</a> ... Book IV. Chapter XII."Waste of Mental Energy in the Systems of the Astrologers. Who will not feel astonishment at the exertion ... /.../the refutation of all heresies/chapter xii waste of mental energy.htm<a href="/library/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_47_1901/the_tenses.htm">The Tenses</a> ... How old art thou, my friend? How many of thy years hast thou employed profitably, and how many hast thou allowed to run to waste? ... /.../christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 47 1901/the tenses.htm<a href="/library/josephus/the_wars_of_the_jews_or_history_of_the_destruction_of_jerusalem/chapter_8_how_vespasian_upon.htm">How Vespasian Upon Hearing of Some Commotions in Gall, Made Haste ...</a> ... security; he put decurions also into the villages, and centurions into the cities: he besides this rebuilt many of the cities that had been laid waste; but at ... /.../chapter 8 how vespasian upon.htm<a href="/library/augustine/exposition_on_the_book_of_psalms/psalm_cxx.htm">Psalm CXX.</a> ... For He answers following up his own inquiry, "even sharp arrows of the Mighty One, with coals that desolate, or that lay waste" (ver.4). They that desolate, or ... /.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxx.htm<a href="/library/kingsley/all_saints_day_and_other_sermons/sermon_xxxiii_human_soot.htm">Human Soot</a> ... Our processes are hasty, imperfect, barbaric"and their result is vast and rapid production: but also waste, refuse, in the shape of a dangerous class. ... /.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon xxxiii human soot.htm<a href="/library/mede/a_key_to_the_apocalypse/the_first_trumpet.htm">The First Trumpet.</a> ... of the Roman idolarchy at the close of the sixth seal; and as it was to bring the first plague on the empire, now beginning to fall, it lays waste the third ... //christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/the first trumpet.htm<a href="/library/chesterton/whats_wrong_with_the_world/chapter_19_the_larger_part.htm">The Larger Part of Womankind, However, have had to Fight for ...</a> ... But the thing is true; economy, properly understood, is the more poetic. Thrift is poetic because it is creative; waste is unpoetic because it is waste. ... /.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 19 the larger part.htm<a href="/library/justin/the_first_apology_of_justin/chapter_xlvii_desolation_of_judaea_foretold.htm">Desolation of Jud??a Foretold.</a> ... Chapter XLVII."Desolation of Jud??a foretold. That the land of the Jews, then, was to be laid waste, hear what was said by the Spirit of prophecy. ... /.../the first apology of justin/chapter xlvii desolation of judaea foretold.htm<a href="/library/gordon/quiet_talks_with_world_winners/the_genesis_water-mark.htm">The Genesis Water-Mark.</a> ... occurs. It was because the earth was "waste and void, and darkness upon the face of the deep," that the Spirit of God was brooding. ... /.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/the genesis water-mark.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/w/waste.htm">Waste (668 Occurrences)</a> ... 2. (a.) Lying unused; unproductive; worthless; valueless; refuse; rejected; as, waste land; waste paper. ... Multi-Version Concordance Waste (668 Occurrences). ... /w/waste.htm - 37k<a href="/topical/d/devastated.htm">Devastated (20 Occurrences)</a> ... Multi-Version Concordance Devastated (20 Occurrences). 2 Kings 19:17 Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, (See NAS). ... /d/devastated.htm - 12k<a href="/topical/r/ruined.htm">Ruined (65 Occurrences)</a> ... (See NAS). Numbers 21:30 We have shot at them. Heshbon has perished even to Dibon. We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba." (See NAS). ... /r/ruined.htm - 25k<a href="/topical/r/roads.htm">Roads (34 Occurrences)</a> ... Matthew 3:3 For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight. ... /r/roads.htm - 16k<a href="/topical/r/ravage.htm">Ravage (9 Occurrences)</a> ... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume. ... /r/ravage.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/p/peopled.htm">Peopled (11 Occurrences)</a> ... Jeremiah 50:39 For this reason the beasts of the waste land with the wolves will make their holes there and the ostriches will be living in it: never again ... /p/peopled.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/t/tall.htm">Tall (41 Occurrences)</a> ... Tall (41 Occurrences). Matthew 11:7 And when they were going away, Jesus, talking of John, said to all the people, What went you out into the waste land to see? ... /t/tall.htm - 19k<a href="/topical/r/ravaged.htm">Ravaged (11 Occurrences)</a> ... (See NAS RSV). Isaiah 3:26 And in the public places of her towns will be sorrow and weeping; and she will be seated on the earth, waste and uncovered. (See RSV) ... /r/ravaged.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/d/demolished.htm">Demolished (15 Occurrences)</a> ... We have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba." (See NIV). ... I have made their streets waste, so that no one passes by. ... /d/demolished.htm - 11k<a href="/topical/d/desolated.htm">Desolated (21 Occurrences)</a> ... Jeremiah 33:10 Thus said Jehovah: Again heard in this place of which ye are saying, Waste it 'is', without man and without beast, In cities of Judah, and in ... /d/desolated.htm - 13k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/gambling-sin.html">Is gambling a sin? What does the Bible say about gambling? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Jesus-Son-of-God.html">What does it mean that Jesus is the Son of God? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/who-does-God-say-I-am.html">Who does God say I am? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/waste.htm">Waste: 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>Waste (668 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/3-1.htm">Matthew 3:1</a> And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea, (BBE)<a href="/matthew/3-3.htm">Matthew 3:3</a> For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight. (BBE)<a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a> In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned up in the fire which will never be put out. (BBE)<a href="/matthew/4-1.htm">Matthew 4:1</a> Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One. (BBE)<a href="/matthew/11-7.htm">Matthew 11:7</a> And when they were going away, Jesus, talking of John, said to all the people, What went you out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind? (BBE)<a href="/matthew/12-25.htm">Matthew 12:25</a> And having knowledge of their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom having division in itself is made waste, and every town or house having division in itself will come to destruction. (BBE NAS RSV)<a href="/matthew/14-13.htm">Matthew 14:13</a> Now when it came to the ears of Jesus, he went away from there in a boat, to a waste place by himself: and the people hearing of it, went after him on foot from the towns. (BBE)<a href="/matthew/14-15.htm">Matthew 14:15</a> And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food. (BBE)<a href="/matthew/15-17.htm">Matthew 15:17</a> Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth goes on into the stomach, and is sent out as waste? (BBE)<a href="/matthew/15-33.htm">Matthew 15:33</a> And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people? (BBE)<a href="/matthew/23-38.htm">Matthew 23:38</a> See, your house is made waste. (BBE)<a href="/matthew/24-26.htm">Matthew 24:26</a> If, then, they say to you, See, he is in the waste land; go not out: See, he is in the inner rooms; put no faith in it. (BBE)<a href="/matthew/26-8.htm">Matthew 26:8</a> But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste? (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/mark/1-3.htm">Mark 1:3</a> The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight; (BBE)<a href="/mark/1-4.htm">Mark 1:4</a> John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed. (BBE)<a href="/mark/1-12.htm">Mark 1:12</a> And straight away the Spirit sent him out into the waste land. (BBE)<a href="/mark/1-13.htm">Mark 1:13</a> And he was in the waste land for forty days, being tested by Satan; and he was with the beasts; and the angels took care of him. (BBE)<a href="/mark/1-45.htm">Mark 1:45</a> But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part. (BBE)<a href="/mark/6-32.htm">Mark 6:32</a> And they went away in the boat to a waste place by themselves. (BBE)<a href="/mark/6-35.htm">Mark 6:35</a> And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late: (BBE)<a href="/mark/7-19.htm">Mark 7:19</a> Because it goes not into the heart but into the stomach, and goes out with the waste? He said this, making all food clean. (BBE)<a href="/mark/8-4.htm">Mark 8:4</a> And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place? (BBE)<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? (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/luke/1-80.htm">Luke 1:80</a> And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel. (BBE)<a href="/luke/3-2.htm">Luke 3:2</a> When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land. (BBE)<a href="/luke/3-4.htm">Luke 3:4</a> As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight. (BBE)<a href="/luke/3-17.htm">Luke 3:17</a> In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out. (BBE)<a href="/luke/4-1.htm">Luke 4:1</a> And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was guided by the Spirit in the waste land (BBE)<a href="/luke/4-42.htm">Luke 4:42</a> And when it was day, he came out and went to a waste place; and great numbers of people came looking for him, and they came to him and would have kept him from going away. (BBE)<a href="/luke/5-16.htm">Luke 5:16</a> But he went away by himself to a waste place for prayer. (BBE)<a href="/luke/7-24.htm">Luke 7:24</a> And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind? (BBE)<a href="/luke/8-29.htm">Luke 8:29</a> For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places. (BBE)<a href="/luke/9-12.htm">Luke 9:12</a> And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place. (BBE)<a href="/luke/11-17.htm">Luke 11:17</a> But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction. (BBE NAS RSV)<a href="/luke/13-7.htm">Luke 13:7</a> He said to the vine dresser,'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?' (WEB WEY)<a href="/luke/13-8.htm">Luke 13:8</a> And he said, Lord, let it be for this year, and I will have the earth turned up round it, and put animal waste on it, to make it fertile: (BBE)<a href="/luke/13-35.htm">Luke 13:35</a> Now see, your house is waste, and I say to you, You will not see me again till you say, A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord. (BBE)<a href="/luke/14-35.htm">Luke 14:35</a> It is no good for the land or for the place of waste; no one has a use for it. He who has ears, let him give ear. (BBE)<a href="/luke/15-4.htm">Luke 15:4</a> What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is? (BBE)<a href="/john/1-23.htm">John 1:23</a> He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet. (BBE)<a href="/john/3-14.htm">John 3:14</a> As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up: (BBE)<a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31</a> Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven. (BBE)<a href="/john/6-49.htm">John 6:49</a> Your fathers took the manna in the waste land--and they are dead. (BBE)<a href="/john/11-54.htm">John 11:54</a> So Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near to the waste land, to a town named Ephraim, where he was for some time with the disciples. (BBE)<a href="/acts/1-20.htm">Acts 1:20</a> For in the book of Psalms it says, Let his house be waste, and let no man be living in it: and, Let his position be taken by another. (BBE)<a href="/acts/7-30.htm">Acts 7:30</a> At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree. (BBE)<a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a> This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste land, for forty years. (BBE)<a href="/acts/7-38.htm">Acts 7:38</a> This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you. (BBE)<a href="/acts/7-44.htm">Acts 7:44</a> Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen. (BBE)<a href="/acts/8-3.htm">Acts 8:3</a> But Saul laid waste the church, entering into every house, and dragging men and women committed them to prison. (ASV)<a href="/acts/8-26.htm">Acts 8:26</a> But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Get up, and go to the south, to the road which goes from Jerusalem to Gaza, through the waste land. (BBE)<a href="/acts/13-18.htm">Acts 13:18</a> And for about forty years he put up with their ways in the waste land. (BBE)<a href="/acts/21-38.htm">Acts 21:38</a> Are you by chance the Egyptian who, before this, got the people worked up against the government and took four thousand men of the Assassins out into the waste land? (BBE)<a href="/romans/11-3.htm">Romans 11:3</a> Lord, they have put your prophets to death, and made waste your altars, and now I am the last, and they are searching for me to take away my life. (BBE)<a href="/1_corinthians/3-17.htm">1 Corinthians 3:17</a> if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are. (YLT)<a href="/1_corinthians/10-5.htm">1 Corinthians 10:5</a> But with most of them God was not pleased: for they came to their end in the waste land. (BBE)<a href="/2_corinthians/7-2.htm">2 Corinthians 7:2</a> receive us; no one did we wrong; no one did we waste; no one did we defraud; (YLT)<a href="/2_corinthians/11-26.htm">2 Corinthians 11:26</a> In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers; (BBE)<a href="/2_timothy/2-14.htm">2 Timothy 2:14</a> Bring all this to men's remembrances, solemnly charging them in the presence of God not to waste time in wrangling about mere words, a course which is altogether unprofitable and tends only to the ruin of the hearers. (WEY)<a href="/hebrews/3-8.htm">Hebrews 3:8</a> Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land, (BBE)<a href="/hebrews/3-17.htm">Hebrews 3:17</a> And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land? (BBE)<a href="/hebrews/11-38.htm">Hebrews 11:38</a> Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough. (BBE)<a href="/james/4-3.htm">James 4:3</a> or you pray and yet do not receive, because you pray wrongly, your object being to waste what you get on some pleasure or another. (WEY)<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. (Root in BBE)<a href="/revelation/12-6.htm">Revelation 12:6</a> And the woman went in flight to the waste land, where she has a place made ready by God, so that there they may give her food a thousand, two hundred and sixty days. (BBE)<a href="/revelation/12-14.htm">Revelation 12:14</a> And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle, so that she might go in flight into the waste land, to her place, where she is given food for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the snake. (BBE)<a href="/revelation/17-16.htm">Revelation 17:16</a> And the ten horns that you have seen--and the Wild Beast--these will hate the Harlot, and they will cause her to be laid waste and will strip her bare. They will eat her flesh, and burn her up with fire. (WEY BBE)<a href="/revelation/18-16.htm">Revelation 18:16</a> and saying, Wo, wo, the great city, that was arrayed with fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and gilded in gold, and precious stone, and pearls -- because in one hour so much riches were made waste! (YLT)<a href="/revelation/18-17.htm">Revelation 18:17</a> because in one short hour all this great wealth has been laid waste!' And every shipmaster and every passenger by sea and the crews and all who ply their trade on the sea, (WEY NAS RSV)<a href="/revelation/18-19.htm">Revelation 18:19</a> And they threw dust upon their heads, and cried out, weeping aloud and sorrowing. 'Alas, alas,' they said, 'for this great city, in which, through her vast wealth, the owners of all the ships on the sea have grown rich; because in one short hour she has been laid waste!' (WEY BBE YLT NAS RSV)<a href="/genesis/1-2.htm">Genesis 1:2</a> And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. (ASV BBE DBY YLT)<a href="/genesis/3-18.htm">Genesis 3:18</a> Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food; (BBE)<a href="/genesis/14-6.htm">Genesis 14:6</a> And the Horites in their mountain Seir, driving them as far as El-paran, which is near the waste land. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/14-7.htm">Genesis 14:7</a> Then they came back to En-mishpat (which is Kadesh), making waste all the country of the Amalekites and of the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/16-7.htm">Genesis 16:7</a> And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/16-13.htm">Genesis 16:13</a> And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living? (BBE)<a href="/genesis/21-14.htm">Genesis 21:14</a> And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/21-20.htm">Genesis 21:20</a> And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/21-21.htm">Genesis 21:21</a> And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/24-62.htm">Genesis 24:62</a> Now Isaac had come through the waste land to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the South. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/34-27.htm">Genesis 34:27</a> And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister; (BBE)<a href="/genesis/34-29.htm">Genesis 34:29</a> And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/36-24.htm">Genesis 36:24</a> And these are the children of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; that same Anah who made the discovery of the water-springs in the waste land, when he was looking after the asses of his father Zibeon. (BBE)<a href="/genesis/41-30.htm">Genesis 41:30</a> And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years; (BBE DBY)<a href="/genesis/47-19.htm">Genesis 47:19</a> Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us bread; and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh; and give us seed so that we may have life and the land may not become waste. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/3-1.htm">Exodus 3:1</a> Now Moses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he took the flock to the back of the waste land and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/3-18.htm">Exodus 3:18</a> And they will give ear to your voice: and you, with the chiefs of Israel, will go to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/4-27.htm">Exodus 4:27</a> And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the waste land and you will see Moses. So he went and came across Moses at the mountain of God, and gave him a kiss. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/5-1.htm">Exodus 5:1</a> And after that, Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Let my people go so that they may keep a feast to me in the waste land. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/5-3.htm">Exodus 5:3</a> And they said, The God of the Hebrews has come to us: let us then go three days' journey into the waste land to make an offering to the Lord our God, so that he may not send death on us by disease or the sword. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/7-16.htm">Exodus 7:16</a> And say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go so that they may give me worship in the waste land; but up to now you have not given ear to his words. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/8-24.htm">Exodus 8:24</a> And the Lord did so; and great clouds of flies came into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants' houses, and all the land of Egypt was made waste because of the flies. (BBE NAS)<a href="/exodus/8-27.htm">Exodus 8:27</a> But we will go three days' journey into the waste land and make an offering to the Lord our God as he may give us orders. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/8-28.htm">Exodus 8:28</a> Then Pharaoh said, I will let you go to make an offering to the Lord your God in the waste land; but do not go very far away, and make prayer for me. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/13-18.htm">Exodus 13:18</a> But God took the people round by the waste land near the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up in fighting order out of the land of Egypt. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/13-20.htm">Exodus 13:20</a> Then they went on their journey from Succoth, and put up their tents in Etham at the edge of the waste land. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/14-3.htm">Exodus 14:3</a> And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/14-11.htm">Exodus 14:11</a> And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt? (BBE)<a href="/exodus/14-12.htm">Exodus 14:12</a> Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land. (BBE)<a href="/exodus/15-22.htm">Exodus 15:22</a> Then Moses took Israel forward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the waste land of Shur; and for three days they were in the waste land where there was no water. 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