Duty Toward The Afflicted
20 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
8 sections
To Bear Them in Mind
- Hebrews 13:3 Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
To Comfort Them
- Job 16:5 But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
- Job 29:25 I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
- 2 Corinthians 1:4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
To Pity Them
- Job 6:14 A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
To Pray for Them
- Acts 12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
- Philippians 1:16 The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.
- Philippians 1:19 because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance.
- James 5:14–16 Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. …
To Protect Them
- Psalm 82:3 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
- Proverbs 22:22 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate,
- Proverbs 31:5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
To Relieve Them
- Job 31:19–20 if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak, …
- Isaiah 58:10 and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
- Philippians 4:14 Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.
- 1 Timothy 5:10 and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
To Sympathise with Them
- Romans 12:15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- Galatians 6:2 Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
To Visit Them
- James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.