Scripture condemns unnecessary waste, emphasizing the importance of responsible stewardship. In Ezekiel 16:49, the prophet denounces the sin of abundance and waste, while Proverbs 18:9 warns that a lazy person is brother to one who wastes things. Jesus Himself models care for resources in John 6:12, instructing His disciples to gather leftover bread after feeding the multitude. Additionally, Leviticus 23:22 and Proverbs 13:23 highlight the value of preserving and utilizing all that God provides, promoting a mindset of gratitude and thriftiness.
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And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”
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.
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.’”
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.
While Jesus was in Bethany reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke open the jar and poured it on Jesus’ head. Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume? It could have been sold for over three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they scolded her.