What does the Bible say about godparents?

17 verses about godparents, ranked by the votes of OpenBible.info readers, with the King James text.

14 booksMost in Proverbs

Bible verses about godparents

Proverbs 22:6 — Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 12 votes
3 John 1:4 — I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 7 votes
John 3:21 — But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. 3 votes
Philippians 4:4 — Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 3 votes
1 Timothy 1:2 — Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. 3 votes
1 Timothy 4:11 — These things command and teach. 3 votes
Exodus 20:12 — Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. 2 votes
Deuteronomy 6:7 — And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 2 votes
1 Samuel 1:24 — And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. 2 votes
Esther 2:7 — And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. 2 votes
Proverbs 1:1 — The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; 2 votes
Isaiah 40:11 — He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. 2 votes
Jeremiah 29:11 — For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 2 votes
2 Corinthians 3:5 — Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; 2 votes
Galatians 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 2 votes
Philippians 4:19 — But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 2 votes
2 Timothy 1:1 — Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 2 votes

Where these verses are

Proverbs (2), Philippians (2), 1 Timothy (2), Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (1), 1 Samuel (1), Esther (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1), John (1), 2 Corinthians (1), Galatians (1) and 2 more

What does the Bible say about godparents?

Bible verses about godparents

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