11 Bible Verses about Afflicted, Duty To Them

Peter therefore was kept guarded in prison; but earnest prayer was made by the church to God in his behalf.

They who are of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

Is any sick among you? let him call to him 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 sick, and the Lord will raise him up; even if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him. Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that ye may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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

Bear ye one anothers burdens, and thus fulfill the law of Christ.

Remember those in bonds, as bound with them; those in distress, as being yourselves also in the body.

Pure religion and undefiled before God, the Father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep ones self unspotted from the world.

who comforteth us in all our distress, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any distress by the comfort wherewith we are ourselves comforted by God;

So then comfort one another with these words.

Notwithstanding, ye did well in sharing with me in my distress.

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