11 Bible Verses about Afflicted, Duty To Them

Therefore, Peter was kept in prison; but fervent prayer to God was made for him by the church.

These do it from love, because they know that I am set for the defense of the gospel;

Is any one among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil, in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick; and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be restored to health: the fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

rejoice with them that rejoice, and weep with them that weep;

Bear with the weaknesses of one another, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Remember those who are in bonds, as if you yourselves had been bound, and those who suffer affliction, since you yourselves are in the body.

Religion, pure and undefiled before God and the Father, is this: To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

who con soles us in all our afflictions, so that we are able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

So, then, comfort one another with these words.

Yet you have done well in contributing to the relief of my affliction.

having a good reputation for good works; if she has borne children, if she has entertained strangers, if she has washed the saints feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.