16 occurrences

'Afflicted' in the Bible

What mean ye that ye crush my people, and grind the faces of the afflicted? saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

Verse ConceptsCrushingGrindingUnkindnessPoor, The Wicked Response ToGrinding PeopleNot Helping The Poorcrushes

to turn away the poor from judgment, and to take away the right from the afflicted of my people; that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Verse ConceptsFraudThe NeedyPlunderingHuntingOppression, Nature OfPoverty, Attitudes TowardsPoor, Oppression OfExtortionNo JusticeNot Helping WidowsHelping The Pooroppression

And what shall be answered to the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and the afflicted of his people find refuge in it.

Verse ConceptsenvoyAnswering People

Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab; every one of them shall howl. For the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn, verily afflicted.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingDried Fruit

The foot shall tread it down, the feet of the afflicted, the steps of the poor.

Verse ConceptsTrampling Placesfootsteps

The afflicted and the needy seek water, and there is none; their tongue faileth for thirst: I, Jehovah, will answer them, I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Verse ConceptsThe Needydrought, physicalPrayer, God's Promises ConcerningTongueGod And The PoorAnswered PromisesSeeking WaterGod Not ForsakingWater, As A Symbol Of Affliction

Shout, ye heavens; and be joyful, thou earth; and break forth into singing, ye mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted ones.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfAfflicted SaintsEarth, God's GloryJoy, And Human ExperienceSingingSongsAfflictions, Consolation DuringComfort, Of GodGod Has ComfortedMothers DeathFinding Comfort In God

Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine:

Verse ConceptsGod Making DrunkDrunkennessclosure

Thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, not comforted! Behold, I will set thy stones in antimony, and lay thy foundations with sapphires;

Verse ConceptsFloggingBuildingJewelsStormsSpiritual FoundationsNo ComfortCatastrophic EventsThe Storms Of Life

Wherefore have we fasted, and thou seest not; have afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find what pleaseth you, and exact all your labours.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Of HypocritesMastersOppression, Nature OfHow To FastPointless FastingHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And PrayerAbuse

and thou proffer thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul: then shall thy light rise in the darkness, and thine obscurity be as midday;

Verse ConceptsGenerosity, Humanethics, socialNoonAfflicted, Duty To ThemBenevolenceAlmsgivingAltruismCharityLight Of God's PeopleFeeding The Poorhunger

And the children of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee The city of Jehovah, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Verse ConceptsNames For JerusalemHumbling The ProudoppressionzionAll Enemies Under God's Feet

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