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Deserve
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DESERVE, L. To serve.
1. To merit to be worthy of applied to good or evil.
2. To merit by labor or services to have a just claim to an equivalent for good conferred. The laborer deserves his wages he deserves the value of his services.
3. To merit by good actions or qualities in general to be worthy of, on account of excellence. The virtuous man deserves esteem and commendation. A work of value deserves praise.
4. To be worthy of, in a bad sense to merit by an evil act as, to deserve blame or punishment.
God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job 11 .
DESERVE, To merit to be worthy of or deserving as, he deserves well or of his neighbor.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
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Entry for 'Deserve'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/d/deserve.html.
Entry for 'Deserve'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/d/deserve.html.
