19 Bible Verses about Afflicted, Duty To Them

Thus Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer was fervently being made to God by the church for him.

The latter [do so] from love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the elders of the church and they should pray over him, anointing him with olive oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins {he will be forgiven}. Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous person accomplishes much.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

Carry the burdens of one another, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

"Loyal love [should come] for the afflicted [from] his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.

Remember the prisoners, as [though you were] fellow-prisoners; [remember] the mistreated, as [though] [you] yourselves also are being [mistreated] in the body.

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unstained by the world.

I could encourage you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips would ease the pain.

I chose their way, and I sat [as] head, and I dwelled like a king among the troops, like [one] who comforts mourners.

who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those [who are] in all affliction with the comfort with which [we] ourselves are comforted by God.

Therefore comfort one another with these words.

if I have seen [the one who] perishes because of no clothing or [that] there is no covering for the poor,

if you offer your soul to the hungry, and you satisfy [the] appetite of [the] afflicted, then your light shall rise in the darkness, and your darkness [will be] like noon.

Nevertheless you have done well by sharing with me in my affliction.

being well-attested by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has helped those who are oppressed, if she has devoted herself to every good work.

Judge [on behalf of the] helpless and [the] orphan; provide justice [to the] afflicted and [the] poor.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate;

Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those {in bitter distress}.