deserving

His regard for her was quite imaginary; and the possibility of her deserving her mother’s reproach prevented his feeling any regret.

Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters.

I could hardly believe my own as I read the terms of the will; but he explained that he was a bachelor with hardly any living relation, that he had known my parents in his youth, and that he had always heard of me as a very deserving young man, and was assured that his money would be in worthy hands.

There’s a providence that watches over the deserving.