Bible Verses About Duty Toward The Afflicted

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

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.

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

if his heart hasn’t blessed me, if he hasn’t been warmed with my sheep’s fleece;

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

Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court;

lest they drink, and forget the decree, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

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;

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

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

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.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the Torah of Messiah.

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

For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Yeshua the Messiah,

However you did well that you shared in my affliction.

Therefore comfort one another with these words.

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

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.

Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,

and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.