'Deserves' in the Bible

because I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews. Not only that, I haven't done anything that deserves me being confined to this pit."

If the guilty person deserves a beating, the judge will make him lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of lashes fit for his crime.

David flew into a rage at the man and told Nathan, "As the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!

and disclose his wise secrets? After all, there's so much more to understanding. So be aware that God will exact from you less than your sin deserves."

this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above."

So take seven bulls and seven rams and bring them to my servant Job. And bring a whole burnt offering for yourselves and my servant Job will pray for you. I'll encourage him by not responding as your disgraceful folly deserves, since you didn't speak about me correctly as did my servant Job."

A kiss on the lips that's what someone who gives an honest answer deserves.

I am the LORD who searches the heart, who tests the inner depths to give to each person according to what he deserves, according to the fruit of his deeds.

therefore as I'm alive and living" declares the Lord GOD, "I'm going to deal with you as your anger deserves. When I judge you, I'll treat you like you did the Israelis that is, with the same kind of envy that motivated your constant hatred of them.

or a traveling bag for the trip, or an extra shirt, or sandals, or a walking stick, because a worker deserves his food.

What is your verdict?" They replied, "He deserves to die!"

So they went to Jesus and begged him repeatedly, "He deserves to have this done for him,

Stay with the same family, eating and drinking whatever they provide, because the worker deserves his pay. Don't move from house to house.

If I'm guilty and have done something that deserves death, I'm willing to die. But if there is nothing to their charges against me, no one can hand me over to them as a favor. I appeal to the emperor!"

For all of us must appear before the judgment seat of the Messiah, so that each of us may receive what he deserves for what he has done in his body, whether good or worthless.

This is a trustworthy saying that deserves complete acceptance: To this world Messiah came, sinful people to reclaim.

This is a trustworthy saying that deserves complete acceptance.

For the Scripture says, "You must not muzzle an ox while it is treading out grain," and, "A worker deserves his pay."

How much more severe a punishment do you think that person deserves who tramples on God's Son, treats as common the blood of the covenant by which it was sanctified, and insults the Spirit of grace?