8 occurrences

'Afflicted' in the Bible

To turn aside from judgment the poor, And to take violently away the judgment Of the afflicted of My people, That widows may be their prey, That the fatherless they may spoil.

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

And its foundations have been smitten, All making wages are afflicted in soul.

Verse ConceptsWagesPoolsMetaphorical Pillars

Sing, O heavens, and joy, O earth, And break forth, O mountains, with singing, For comforted hath Jehovah His people, And His afflicted ones He doth pity.

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

Therefore, hear, I pray thee, this, O afflicted and drunken one, and not with wine,

Verse ConceptsGod Making DrunkDrunkennessclosure

Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains -- he hath carried them, And we -- we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.

Verse ConceptsCareAbolitiondoctorsGospel, Confirmation OfChastisementProphets, Role OfScapegoatSorrowCarrying SinDiseaseSufferingIllnessSin Producing Afflictions

O afflicted, storm-tossed, not comforted, Lo, I am laying with cement thy stones, And have founded thee with sapphires,

Verse ConceptsFloggingBuildingJewelsStormsSpiritual FoundationsNo ComfortCatastrophic EventsThe Storms Of Life

'Why have we fasted, and Thou hast not seen? We have afflicted our soul, and Thou knowest not.' Lo, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, And all your labours ye exact.

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

And dost bring out to the hungry thy soul, And the afflicted soul dost satisfy, Then risen in the darkness hath thy light, And thy thick darkness is as noon.

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

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