How searches for the end times, praying for government, and other topics changed from 2012 to 2016.
On Election Day, more people were searching the Bible for topics involving the end times than for praying for government.
The same happened on Election Day 2012, per searches on Bible Gateway, the world’s most popular Bible site. But noteworthy differences between the two elections include topical searches for the plans God has for us (up from No. 106 to No. 14), false prophets (up from No. 167 to No. 13), trust no man (up from No. 50 to No. 18), and judging others (down from No. 5 to No. 32).
And the top Bible verse of the 2016 presidential election: 2 Chronicles 7:14.
The passage reads, “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.”
Many Christians use 2 Chronicles 7:14 as encouragement to pray for their country since it covers a lot of ground (humility, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, healing). Christian leaders like Anne Graham Lotz, Franklin Graham, and Joel Osteen shared the verse in their election remarks, and it was quoted in pastors’ op-eds and letters to the editor in newspapers across the country.
It was even read aloud in Congress on Tuesday, in honor of National Bible Week.
Vice President-elect Mike Pence also referenced 2 Chronicles 7:14 in a CBN interview in October, saying, “It's an important time for us to pray, and I believe what has always been true and is still true today: that if his people who are called by his name will humble themselves and pray, that he'll again hear from heaven and he'll heal our land.”
Florida Southern Baptist pastor Dean Inserra nodded to the verse a month before the election, tweeting, ...
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