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Biblical Reflections for U.S. Leaders

"As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless." Psalm 18:30

John Brennan, Former CIA Director, Twitter, February 1, 2018

“I never witnessed the type of reckless partisan behavior I am now seeing from Nunes and House Republicans. Absence of moral and ethical leadership
in WH is fueling this government crisis.”

 

1 Timothy 4:12

“Set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct,
in love, in faith and in purity.”

 

 

President Donald Trump, January 30, 2018

“So tonight I am extending an open hand to work with members of
both parties, Democrats and Republicans, to protect our citizens,
of every background, color, religion and creed.”

 

1 Peter 3:8

“All of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another,
be compassionate and humble.”

 

 

Quinnipiac University National Poll, January 25, 2018

“President Trump does not provide the U.S. with moral leadership,
American voters say 63 – 33 percent.”

 

1 Timothy 2:2-3

“Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,
not a lover of money.”

 

 

Donald Trump, Think Big, 2008

“Oftentimes when I was sleeping with one of the top women in the world I would say to myself, thinking about me as a boy from Queens,
‘Can you believe what I am getting?’”

 

Romans 8:5

“Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.”

 

 

Jamie Dimon, JP-Morgan Chase CEO, January 25, 2018

“Constructive economic and regulatory policies are not enough and will not matter if we do not address the divisions in our country.”

 

Colossians 3:13

“Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.”

 

 

Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2018

“President Donald Trump’s lawyer used a private Delaware company to pay a former adult-film star $130,000 in return for her agreeing to not publicly discuss an alleged sexual encounter with Mr. Trump.”

 

Ephesians 5:3

“Among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality,
or of any kind of impurity.”

 

 

President Donald Trump, January 20, 2017

“Don’t worry about those kids. We’re going to take care of those Dreamers [DACA recipients].”

 

Matthew 12:36-37

‘I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.’

 

 

Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, addressing pending DACA legislation,
January 18, 2018

“We can’t continue to play politics with 800,000 human beings created in the image of God. It is morally reprehensible.”

 

Leviticus 19:18

“Love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.”

 

 

President Donald Trump, January 12, 2018

“Today, we celebrate Dr. King for standing up for the self-evident truth Americans hold so dear, that no matter what the color of our skin or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by God.”

 

John 13:35

‘By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.’

 

 

Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL), January 12, 2018

“In the course of (President Trump’s) comments, he said things that were hate-filled, vile and racist.”

 

Jude 1:19

“It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.”

 

 

President Donald Trump, January 11, 2018

Asked senators why America would want immigrants from “all these s___hole countries” [referring to Haiti and African nations].

 

Romans 10:12

“The same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him,”

 

 

President Donald Trump, January 9, 2018

“It should be [an immigration] bill of LOVE, truly, we can do that.”

 

1 John 3:18

“Let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.”

 

 

Dept. of Homeland Security, January 8, 2018

“As many as 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants living in the U. S. will no longer be allowed to stay after the Trump administration announced the end to their protected status.”

 

James 2:3

“Judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.”

 

 

President Donald Trump, January 6, 2018, Twitter

“Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.”

 

Proverbs 16:18

“Pride goes before destruction,
a haughty spirit before a fall.”

 

 

Migration Policy Institute, November 2017

Beginning in March, “an average of 915 [DACA] young people a day will lose protection from deportation.”

 

Hebrews 13:2

“Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it.”

 

 

Donald Trump, June 8, 2016 

“I will be asking for forgiveness, but hopefully I won’t have to be asking for much forgiveness.”

 

Romans 3:23-24

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.”

 

 

President Donald Trump to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Twitter,
January 2, 2018 

“I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!”

 

Ecclesiastes 9:18

“Wisdom is better than weapons of war.”

 

 

President Donald Trump, December 31, 2017, Twitter

“I want to wish all of my friends, supporters, enemies, haters, and even the very dishonest Fake News Media, a Happy and Healthy New Year.”

 

1 Peter 3:8

“All of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble.”

 

 

 

Romans 12:12

“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”

 

 

President Donald Trump, December 29, 2017, Twitter

“The Democrats have been told, and fully understand, that there can be no DACA without the desperately needed WALL at the Southern Border”

 

Exodus 25:9

“’Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.’”