What Does the Bible Say About What You Deserve?

Romans 3:23 ESV / 11 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

John 10:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

Romans 10:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Revelation 16:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!”

2 Peter 3:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.

2 Peter 3:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

James 4:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 14:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

John 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Psalm 103:10-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, ...

Colossians 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

Ephesians 6:10-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ...

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

1 Corinthians 12:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. ...

Romans 14:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But whoever has doubts is condemned if he eats, because the eating is not from faith. For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Acts 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

27 Bible Verses about What You Deserve

Romans 3:23 ESV / 11 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 10:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 16:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 4:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 14:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 103:10-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:10-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 12:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 14:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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27 Bible Verses about What You Deserve

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Romans 3:23 ESV / 11 helpful votes

John 10:10 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 10:13 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Revelation 16:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

James 4:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 14:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 14:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Matthew 5:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 103:10-12 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:1-15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Colossians 1:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:10-18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Galatians 5:22-23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 12:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 14:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 10:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 4:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes