President Donald Trump has often mentioned his desire to protect religious liberty, and he picked a cabinet with a number of professing Christians. Here are ten occasions on which President Trump and his cabinet members referenced passages of Scripture:

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While speaking at Liberty University on January 18, 2016, then presidential candidate Donald Trump quoted the school’s key verse:

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…where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (2 Corinthians 3:17b).

Who is praying on the wall?

He cited the passage the way it’s done in the U.K., saying, “Two Corinthians.” This brought a great deal of criticism from legacy and social media on both sides of the political aisle, but they sent people to the video, where the presidential hopeful used the passage to point out that he stood for religious freedom.

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On December 19, 2021, shortly after Joe Biden was inaugurated president, Donald Trump spoke at First Baptist Church of Dallas. He said Jesus is the “ultimate source of our strength and our hope,” referring to at least two passages:

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Philippians 4:13).

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead… (1 Peter 1:3).

President Trump said, “An angel of the Lord appeared to humble shepherds and proclaimed the reason for our Christmas joy,” and then he quoted Luke 2:11:

For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

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At his inauguration on January 20, President Trump said, “As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders, male and female,” referring to Genesis 5:2a:

He created them male and female…

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Three days after his inauguration, President Trump spoke via video to the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C. He reminded them he’s the only president to have spoken at the march in person, which I witnessed personally on January 24, 2020. On January 23, 2025, he closed by saying, “…your mission is just very, very pure: To forge a society that welcomes and protects every child as a beautiful gift from the hand of our Creator,” referring to Psalm 127:3:

Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from him (NLT).

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On February 6, President Trump turned down recommendations to speak to the National Prayer Breakfast via video conference, opting to attend in person. He quoted Matthew 5:9a:

Blessed are the peacemakers…

Then he said, “in that end I hope my greatest legacy — when it’s all finished — will be known as a peacemaker and a unifier.” That was five months before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu added to President Trump’s nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize, following his action to bring a swift end to the Twelve-Day War and Iran’s nuclear program.

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On February 26, hours before President Trump’s first cabinet meeting of his second term, Capitol Ministries resumed a Bible study they’d held during the President’s first term. This study is titled “God’s Institutions and Their Roles on Earth.” It was sponsored by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought. They invited the whole cabinet, and 14 attended. They were joined via video conference by members of the Governors’ Bible Study, which Ralph Drollinger has been leading for the past four years.

The Bible study touched on a number of passages illuminating the Lord’s vision for the state, commerce, marriage, family, and church. One of the verses the cabinet members and governors studied was 1 Peter 2:13 and 14 declaring that every human institution is sent by God…

… for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right (NASB).

Let’s pray this leads to less calling good evil and evil good.

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Later that day, to open the first cabinet meeting of his second term, President Trump called on Scott Turner — who Dr. Ben Carson recommended to take his place as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — to open in prayer. His prayer was packed full of Scriptural truths, but there were two passages he quoted directly:

…the Lord’s mercies… are new every morning… (Lamentations 3:22-23)

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord… (Psalm 33:12a).

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On May 1, President Trump said, “We bow our heads this beautiful day in the Rose Garden on the National Day of Prayer. We once again trust our lives, our liberties, and our happiness to the hands of the Creator who gave them to us and who loves us. Who loves us: Think of it.” It brings to mind John 3:16:

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Earlier in the ceremony, President Trump quoted Abigail Adams in a letter to her husband, President John Adams, speaking of his first National Day of Prayer: “Millions will be upon their knees at once before their great Creator imploring his forgiveness…” This is the essence of 2 Chronicles 7:14, which I pray every night at 7:14:

…if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

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At a cabinet meeting on July 8, Secretary Turner prayed again, this time for those in Texas who were hit by the devastating floods on the Fourth of July. Among several other Scriptural truths, he quoted these passages:

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you (John 14:27a).

And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach,

The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In (Isaiah 58:12b).

Here’s the footage captured by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt:

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So far, I’ve put these passages in chronological order, but I want to end with this one for a reason…

On March 4, during President Trump’s address to the joint session of Congress, he said, “I believe that my life was saved that day in Butler. For a very good reason. I was saved by God…” This reminds us of Psalm 91:5:

You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,

Nor of the arrow that flies by day…

I pray Psalm 91 protection over President Trump morning and night. I encourage you to do the same.

Post your prayers for President Trump, his cabinet, and their families.

Rich Swingle has presented in 42 nations on six continents, mostly with his own one-man plays. He and his bride Joyce Swingle have 41 screen children. They have developed a “singing play” about the Welsh and Asbury Revivals. The Swingles live in New York City. www.RichDrama.com. Photo Credit:  Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.