'Deserves' in the Bible
no bag for your journey, nor change of linen, nor shoes, nor stick; for the labourer deserves his food.
and if the house deserves it, the peace you invoke shall come upon it. If not, your peace shall return to you.
What is your verdict?" "He deserves to die," they replied.
And they, when they came to Jesus, earnestly entreated Him, pleading, "He deserves to have this favour granted him,
And in that same house stay, eating and drinking at their table; for the labourer deserves his wages. Do not move from one house to another.
No, nor does Herod; for he has sent him back to us; and, you see, there is nothing he has done that deserves death.
A third time he appealed to them: "Why, what crime has the man committed? I have discovered in him nothing that deserves death. I will therefore give him a light punishment and release him."
and I discovered that the charge had to do with questions of their Law, but that he was accused of nothing for which he deserves death or imprisonment.
and, having withdrawn, they talked to one another and said, "This man is doing nothing for which he deserves death or imprisonment."
Therefore form no premature judgements, but wait until the Lord returns. He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man deserves will come to him from God.
For the Scripture says, "You are not to muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain;" and the workman deserves his pay.