19 Bible Verses about Afflicted, Duty To Them

Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the church to God for him.

The former insincerely proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;

Is any 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 will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous person is powerfully effective.

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

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

"To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of Shaddai.

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.

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

who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, 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 want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

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

However you did well that you shared in my affliction.

being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints' feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.

"Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Do not exploit the poor, because he is poor; and do not crush the needy in court;

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish; and wine to the bitter in soul: