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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

President Donald Trump, Twitter, November 29, 2017

President Trump shared videos on Twitter supposedly portraying Muslims committing acts of violence.

 

Romans 10:12

“For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him”

 

 

Pew Research Center, October 5, 2017

“50% of Americans now say the government should do more to help the needy even if it means going deeper into debt, while 43% say the government can’t afford it.”

 

Proverbs 14:21

“It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.”

 

 

Congressional Budget Office, November 26, 2017

The Senate Republican tax plan gives substantial tax cuts and benefits to Americans earning more than $100,000 a year, while the nation’s poorest would be worse off.

 

1 Timothy 6:18

“Command [the rich] to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. ”

 

 

Donald Trump, May 2016, to Megyn Kelly

  “Over your life Megyn, you’ve been called a lot worse (than bimbo). Isn’t that right?”

 

Ephesians 5:4

 “Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.”

 

 

Ivanka Trump, November 2017, on claims against Roy Moore, AL candidate for U.S. Senate

  “There’s a special place in hell for people who prey on children. I’ve yet to see a valid explanation and I have no reason to doubt the victims’ accounts.”

 

1 Corinthians 6:9

 “Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?”

 

 

Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2017

The proposed GOP tax reform bill would trigger automatic Medicare CUTS of $25 billion in January 2018.

 

1 Corinthians 16:14

“Let all that you do be done in love.”

 

 

Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), November 20, 2017

  “There is no reason to send 60,000 Haitians back to a country that cannot provide for them. This decision today by Dept. of Homeland Security is unconscionable.”

 

Colossians 3:12

  “Clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”

 

 

Senator Brian Schatz (D-HA), November 9, 2017

“Representative Chris Collins confessed that [rich] donors are telling him to cut their taxes ‘or don’t ever call again.’ That’s why this bill raises taxes on middle-class families.”

 

1 Timothy 6:10

“For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.”

 

 

Chief Economic Advisor Gary Cohn, August 2017

  “Citizens standing up for equality and freedom can never be equated with white supremacists, neo-Nazies, and the K.K.K. We must all unite together against them.”

 

Ephesians 4:3

  “Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”

 

 

Committee for a Responsible Budget, November 15, 2017

Under the Senate’s tax plan, the nation’s DEBT would EXCEED THE SIZE OF THE ECONOMY by 2028.

 

Luke 16:11

“So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, 

who will trust you with true riches?”

 

 

Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), November 16, 2017

“I get sick and tired of the richest people in this country getting richer and richer.”

 

1 Timothy 6:17

“Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God.”

 

 

Quinnipiac University National Poll, November 15, 2017

A majority of American voters say that the Republican tax plan favors the rich at the expense of the middle class (59% to 33%).

 

Proverbs 22:16

“One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.”

 

 

Congressional Budget Office, November 14, 2017

The proposed GOP tax bill would trigger automatic Medicare cuts of $25 billion in 2018.

 

Proverbs 21:13

Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor
    will also cry out and not be answered.

 

 

Donald Trump, May 5, 2016

  “I’m the king of debt. I love debt…I would borrow, knowing that if the economy crashed, you could make a deal.”

 

Proverbs 22:7

  “The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.”

 

 

President Donald Trump, September 13, 2017

  “And the rich will not be gaining at all with this [tax] plan.”

 

Psalm 101:7

  “No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house;
no one who speaks falsely will stand in my presence.”

 

 

AL Senate Candidate Roy Moore, September, 2017

“Our foundation has been shaken. Crime, corruption, immorality, abortion, sodomy, sexual perversion sweep our land.”

 

Romans 2:3

“So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?”

 

 

CBS News Poll, November 1, 2017

“Most Americans want to see TAX INCREASES for large corporations (56%) and for the wealthy (58%).”

 

Proverbs 22:16

“One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.”

 

 

Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ), November 7, 2017

“We have a president who seems to take pleasure in dividing us.”

 

Luke 11:17 

“‘Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.’”

 

 

 

Joaquín Ramírez, survivor of Texas mass shooting, November 7, 2017

“I don’t know how the shooter got such weapons. I don’t know how he had such cruelty in his heart.”

 

Psalm 11:5 

 “The wicked, those who love violence, [the Lord] hates with a passion.”

 

 

 

Texas Governor Greg Abbott, November 5, 2017

“As a state we are dealing with the largest mass shooting in our state’s history.”

 

1 John 3:15 

 “You know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.”