In the midst of the recession, Christians across the UK are being urged to ‘speak up’ on behalf of the poor after a national debt counselling charity revealed the nation’s favourite anti-poverty Bible verse.
Christians Against Poverty (CAP), which operates more than 100 debt counselling centres across the UK, encouraged Christians to reaffirm God’s desire to reach the poor and disadvantaged by launching the campaign to find the verse in July.
With results now confirmed, the short but inspirational verse from Proverbs trounced the other nine options to become clear winner.
Proverbs 31:8-9 - “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy" - is the charity’s core scripture.
