Presidential Oath of Office

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  1. 3. This president placed his hand on the same verse as President Dwight D. Eisenhower in both 1981 and 1985 as he took the presidential oath of office.
  2. 5. In 1881 Chester A. Authur placed his hand on these verses out of Psalm Ch 31: In you, LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; deliver me in your righteousness. Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
  3. 7. In 1949 Harry S Truman placed his hand on the following verses from Exodus Ch 20: You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an image in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
  4. 9. In 1909 this president placed his hands on 1 Kings 3:9-11 as he took the presidential oath of office.
  5. 11. This president placed his hand on all of Psalm 46 when he took the presidential oath of office in 1917.
  6. 13. Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 placed his hand on this verse out of 2 Chronicles 7: 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 I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
  7. 14. Rutherford B. Hayes placed his hand on these verses from Psalm 118: They surrounded me on every side, but in the name of the LORD I cut them down. They swarmed around me like bees, but they were consumed as quickly as burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them down. I was pushed back and about to fall, but the LORD helped me.
  8. 15. In 1893 Grover Cleveland placed his hand on these verses out of Psalm 91: they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
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  1. 1. In 1837 Martin Van Buren placed his hand on the following verse from Proverbs Ch 3: Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace.
  2. 2. In 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower placed his hand on this verse out of Psalm 33: Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people He has chosen for His own inheritance.
  3. 4. In 1949 this president placed his hands on Matthew 5:3-11.
  4. 6. This president placed his hands on Psalm 112:4-10 as he took the oath of office in 1885. One of only two presidents to serve two nonconsecutive terms.
  5. 8. In 1889 Benjamin Harrison placed his hand on the following verses from Psalm Ch 121: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
  6. 10. In 1789 George Washington placed his hand on the following verse out of Genesis Ch 49: Zebulun shall dwell by the haven of the sea; he shall become a haven for ships and his border shall adjoin Sidon.
  7. 12. Woodrow Wilson placed his hand on this chapter when he took the presidential oath of office in 1913. It is the longest chapter in the Bible.