Waste

5 passages

1. John 6:12

   And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”

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2. Ezekiel 16:49

   Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.

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3. Proverbs 18:9

   Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys.

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4. Proverbs 13:23

   Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.

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5. Leviticus 23:22

   When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”

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