19 Bible Verses about Afflicted, Duty To Them

Then, indeed, Peter was kept in prison. But earnest prayer was made to God for him by the church.

Those, indeed, preach Christ out of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds.

Is any sick among you? 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 will cure the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up. And if he has committed sins, it will be forgiven him. Confess faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous one avails much.

Rejoice with rejoicing ones, and weep with weeping ones;

Bear one another's burdens, and so you will fulfill the Law of Christ.

To him who is afflicted, pity is due from his friend, but he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them, those who suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit orphans and widows in their afflictions, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

I might make you strong with my mouth, and the moving of my lips would spare you.

I chose out their way, and sat as chief; and I lived like a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.

He comforting us in all our trouble, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in every trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

Therefore comfort one another with these words.

if I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or there was no covering for the needy;

and if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in darkness, and your darkness shall be as the noonday.

Yet you did well in sharing my troubles.

well reported of for good works: if she brought up children, if she lodged strangers, if she washed the feet of saints, if she relieved the afflicted, if she followed after every good work.

Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; nor press down the afflicted in the gate;

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are of heavy hearts.