Deserve
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (v. t.) To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise.

2. (v. t.) To serve; to treat; to benefit.

3. (v. i.) To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.

Greek
2233. hegeomai -- to lead, suppose
... [2233 ("an official who ") carries important responsibility and hence "casts a heavy
vote" (influence) -- and hence deserve cooperation by those who are led ...
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514. axios -- of weight, of worth, worthy
... Word Origin from ago (in the sense of to weigh) Definition of weight, of worth,
worthy NASB Word Usage appropriate (1), deserve (2), deserving (4), fitting (2 ...
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515. axioo -- to deem worthy
... from axios Definition to deem worthy NASB Word Usage consider...worthy (1), considered
worthy (1), count...worthy (1), counted worthy (1), deserve (1), desire ...
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Strong's Hebrew
376. ish -- man
... man's (4), any one (3), anyone (16), anyone* (1), archers* (1), Benjamite* (3),
certain (6), champion* (2), counselor* (1), counselors* (1), deserve (1), each ...
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Library

On the Contrary, they Deserve the Name of Faction who Conspire to ...
... Chapter XL. On the contrary, they deserve the name of faction who conspire
to bring odium on? On the contrary, they deserve the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/apology/chapter xl on the contrary.htm

What Doth Every Sin Deserve?
... Question 84: What doth every sin deserve? A84: Every sin deserveth God's wrath
and curse, both in this life, and that which is to come. ...
/.../anonymous/the westminster shorter catechism/question 84 0 0 what doth every.htm

How did the Soul Deserve to be Incarnated?
... Book II. Chapter 12 [VIII.]"How Did the Soul Deserve to Be Incarnated?
He also says some time afterwards: "The soul therefore, if ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 12 viii how did the.htm

What Does Every Sin Deserve at the Hands of God?
... Question 152: What does every sin deserve at the hands of God? Answer: Every
sin, even the least, being against the sovereignty, goodness ...
/.../anonymous/the westminster larger catechism/question 152 0 0 what does every.htm

"It is Needful to See and to Know that we are Sinners: Wherefore ...
... ANENT CERTAIN POINTS IN THE FOREGOING FOURTEEN REVELATIONS CHAPTER XLVI "It is needful
to see and to know that we are sinners: wherefore we deserve pain and ...
/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter xlvi it is needful.htm

Fourth Sunday in Lent. Grant, we Beseech Thee, Almighty God, that ...
... Grant, we beseech Thee, Almighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds do worthily
deserve to be punished, by the comfort of Thy grace may mercifully be relieved ...
/.../winkworth/lyra germanica the christian year/fourth sunday in lent grant.htm

Since Then, by the Righteous Judgment of God, we Deserve Temporal ...
... Lord's Day 5 Question 12 Since then, by the righteous judgment of God, we deserve
temporal and eternal punishment, is there no way by which we may escape that ...
/.../various/the heidelberg catechism /question 12 since then by.htm

God Forsakes Only those who Deserve to be Forsaken. We are ...
... A Treatise on nature and grace, against pelagius; Chapter 25 [XXIII.]"God
Forsakes Only Those Who Deserve to Be Forsaken. We are ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 25 xxiii god forsakes only.htm

The Pelagians Argue that if Sin Comes by Birth, all Married People ...
... Book II. Chapter 44 [XXVII.]"The Pelagians Argue that If Sin Comes by Birth,
All Married People Deserve Condemnation. What, then ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 44 xxvii the pelagians argue.htm

Sanctions of Moral Law, Natural and Governmental.
... is unjust, because life is so short, that men do not live long enough in this world
to commit so great a number of sins as to deserve endless punishment. ...
/.../finney/systematic theology/lecture xix sanctions of moral.htm

Thesaurus
Deserve (40 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Deserve (40 Occurrences). ... Luke 15:19 I no longer deserve
to be called a son of yours: treat me as one of your hired men.' (WEY). ...
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Deserved (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Deserve. Multi-Version Concordance
Deserved (11 Occurrences). Luke 12:48 But he who had ...
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Deserts (18 Occurrences)
... before him. (ASV DBY YLT NAS). Psalms 94:2 Rise up, you judge of the earth.
Pay back the proud what they deserve. (See RSV). Proverbs 19 ...
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Earn (6 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) See Ern. 2. (vt) To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that
which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not). ...
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Merit (5 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to
deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment. ...
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Yours (226 Occurrences)
... (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Luke 15:19 I no longer deserve
to be called a son of yours: treat me as one of your hired men.' (WEY). ...
/y/yours.htm - 35k

Offence (27 Occurrences)
... Acts 25:11 If, however, I have done wrong and have committed any offence for which
I deserve to die, I do not ask to be excused that penalty. ...
/o/offence.htm - 25k

Due (93 Occurrences)
... They deserve this." (See RSV). Exodus 23:6 Thou shalt not wrest the justice 'due'
to thy poor in his cause. ... Bring back on them what they deserve. (See RSV). ...
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Naphtuhim (2 Occurrences)
... Among the many efforts at identification the following deserve notice: Naphtuhim
equals (1) Nephthys (Nephthus) in the Northeast of Egypt; (2) Na-ptah, ie the ...
/n/naphtuhim.htm - 8k

Operation (8 Occurrences)
... of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring
back on them what they deserve. (WEB ASV). Psalms 28:5 ...
/o/operation.htm - 10k

Resources
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Deserve (40 Occurrences)

Matthew 8:8
The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
(See NIV)

Matthew 22:8
"Then he said to his servants,'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy.
(See NIV)

Luke 7:6
Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.
(See NIV)

Luke 15:19
I no longer deserve to be called a son of yours: treat me as one of your hired men.'
(WEY)

Luke 15:21
"'Father,' cried the son, 'I have sinned against Heaven and before you: no longer do I deserve to be called a son of yours.'
(WEY)

Luke 23:15
No, nor does Herod; for he has sent him back to us; and, you see, there is nothing he has done that deserves death.
(Root in WEY NIV)

Luke 23:41
And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong."
(See NAS NIV)

Acts 25:11
If, however, I have done wrong and have committed any offence for which I deserve to die, I do not ask to be excused that penalty. But if there is no truth in what these men allege against me, no one has the right to give me up to them as a favour. I appeal to Caesar."
(WEY RSV)

Acts 26:31
and, having withdrawn, they talked to one another and said, "This man is doing nothing for which he deserves death or imprisonment."
(Root in WEY RSV NIV)

Acts 28:18
They, after they had sharply questioned me, were willing to set me at liberty, because they found no offence in me for which I deserve to die.
(WEY)

Romans 1:32
In short, though knowing full well the sentence which God pronounces against actions such as theirs, as things which deserve death, they not only practise them, but even encourage and applaud others who do them.
(WEY RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 15:9
For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 16:18
For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.
(See NIV)

2 Corinthians 11:15
It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.
(See NIV)

Hebrews 10:29
How much severer punishment, think you, will he be held to deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, has not regarded as holy that Covenant-blood with which he was set free from sin, and has insulted the Spirit from whom comes grace?
(WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 2:23
I will kill her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
(See RSV)

Revelation 16:6
For they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this."
(WEB WEY NAS NIV)

Genesis 40:15
For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."
(See NIV)

Leviticus 26:21
"'If you walk contrary to me, and won't listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 19:6
lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally; whereas he was not deserving of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past.
(See RSV)

Deuteronomy 25:2
And it shall be if the wicked man have deserved to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and be beaten before his face, according to the measure of his wickedness with a certain number of stripes.
(DBY JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 20:10
and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have worked in Israel."
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 26:16
This thing is not good that thou hast done. As Jehovah liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept watch over your lord, Jehovah's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.
(See JPS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 2:26
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king: 'Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art deserving of death; but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou didst bear the ark of the Lord GOD before David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.'
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Ezra 9:13
After all that is come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that you our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 28:4
Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 94:2
Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
(WEB NIV)

Psalms 103:10
He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor repaid us for our iniquities.
(See NIV)

Proverbs 3:27
Do not keep back good from those who have a right to it, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
(See NIV)

Ecclesiastes 8:14
There is a thing which is to no purpose done on the earth: that there are good men to whom is given the same punishment as those who are evil, and there are evil men who get the reward of the good. I say that this again is to no purpose.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 66:6
There is a noise of war from the town, a sound from the Temple, the voice of the Lord giving punishment to his haters.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 14:16
The people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them-them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness on them.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 17:10
I, Yahweh, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 21:14
I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 26:16
Then said the princes and all the people to the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 32:19
great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 49:12
For thus says Yahweh: Behold, they to whom it didn't pertain to drink of the cup shall certainly drink; and are you he who shall altogether go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink.
(See RSV NIV)

Lamentations 3:64
You will render to them a recompense, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 16:59
For thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have dealt with thee as thou hast done, In that thou hast despised an oath -- to break covenant.
(See NIV)

Zechariah 1:6
Only, My words, and My statutes, That I commanded My servants the prophets, Have they not overtaken your fathers, And they turn back and say: As Jehovah of Hosts designed to do to us, According to our ways, and according to our doings, So He hath done to us?'
(See NIV)

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