Bible Verses About Duty Toward The Afflicted

To him that is ready to faint kindness should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips would assuage your grief.

I chose out their way, and sataschief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;

If his loins have not blessed me, And if he hath not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor; Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

Lest they drink, and forget the law, And pervert the justice due to any that is afflicted.

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

Peter therefore was kept in the prison: but prayer was made earnestly of the church unto God for him.

Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

the one do it of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

For I know that this shall turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Howbeit ye did well that ye had fellowship with my affliction.

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

well reported of for good works; if she hath brought up children, if she hath used hospitality to strangers, if she hath washed the saints’ feet, if she hath relieved the afflicted, if she hath diligently followed every good work.

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are ill-treated, as being yourselves 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 unspotted from the world.

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 shall save him that is sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, it shall be forgiven him.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.