19 Bible Verses about Afflicted, Duty To Them

Peter, therefore, indeed, was kept in the prison, and fervent prayer was being made by the assembly unto God for him,

the one, indeed, of rivalry the Christ do proclaim, not purely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds,

is any infirm among you? let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, having anointed him with oil, in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of the faith shall save the distressed one, and the Lord shall raise him up, and if sins he may have committed, they shall be forgiven to him. Be confessing to one another the trespasses, and be praying for one another, that ye may be healed; very strong is a working supplication of a righteous man;

to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

To a despiser of his friends is shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation -- unspotted to keep himself from the world.

I might harden you with my mouth, And the moving of my lips might be sparing.

I choose their way, and sit head, And I dwell as a king in a troop, When mourners he doth comfort.

who is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;

so, then, comfort ye one another in these words.

If I see any perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,

And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness is as noon.

but ye did well, having communicated with my tribulation;

in good works being testified to: if she brought up children, if she entertained strangers, if saints' feet she washed, if those in tribulation she relieved, if every good work she followed after;

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

Rob not the poor because he is poor, And bruise not the afflicted in the gate.

Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,