Bible verses about "wasting" | YLT

¹² To number our days aright let us know, And we bring the heart to wisdom.

¹⁴ `For—as a man going abroad did call his own servants, and did deliver to them his substance, <sup>15</sup> and to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his several ability, went abroad immediately. <sup>16</sup> `And he who did receive the five talents, having gone, wrought with them, and made other five talents; ¹⁷ in like manner also he who received the two, he gained, also he, other two; ¹⁸ and he who did receive the one, having gone away, digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. ¹⁹ `And after a long time cometh the lord of those servants, and taketh reckoning with them; <sup>20</sup> and he who did receive the five talents having come, brought other five talents, saying, `Sir, five talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other five talents did I gain besides them. ²¹ `And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord. <sup>22</sup> `And he who also did receive the two talents having come, said, Sir, two talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other two talents I did gain besides them. ²³ `His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord. <sup>24</sup> `And he also who hath received the one talent having come, said, Sir, I knew thee, that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering from whence thou didst not scatter; ²⁵ and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own! ²⁶ `And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter! <sup>27</sup> it behoved thee then to put my money to the money-lenders, and having come I had received mine own with increase. <sup>28</sup> `Take therefore from him the talent, and give to him having the ten talents, ²⁹ for to every one having shall be given, and he shall have overabundance, and from him who is not having, even that which he hath shall be taken from him; ³⁰ and the unprofitable servant cast ye forth to the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of the teeth.

⁹ `And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather, ¹⁰ and thy vineyard thou dost not glean, even the omitted part of thy vineyard thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I am Jehovah your God.

¹² And when they were filled, he saith to his disciples, `Gather together the broken pieces that are over, that nothing may be lost;' <sup>13</sup> they gathered together, therefore, and filled twelve hand-baskets with broken pieces, from the five barley loaves that were over to those having eaten. <sup>14</sup> The men, then, having seen the sign that Jesus did, said—`This is truly the Prophet, who is coming to the world;'