Bible Verses About Godparents
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for godparents, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 343 votes, led by Proverbs 22:6. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Godparents
Proverbs 22:670 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
3 John 1:445 votes
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
1 Timothy 4:11-1624 votes
These things command and teach.
John 3:2121 votes
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
1 Timothy 1:218 votes
Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
Deuteronomy 6:715 votes
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.
Proverbs 1:1-3315 votes
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
Philippians 4:4-915 votes
Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
2 Timothy 1:1-515 votes
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
Esther 2:714 votes
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.
Philippians 4:19-2014 votes
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Jeremiah 29:11-1313 votes
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.
1 Samuel 1:24-2812 votes
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.
Isaiah 40:1112 votes
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.
Exodus 20:1210 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
2 Corinthians 3:510 votes
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
2 Corinthians 12:910 votes
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Galatians 6:710 votes
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
What does the Bible say about godparents?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:6 on the subject of godparents. Across 343 votes, 18 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 3 John 1:4, 1 Timothy 4:11-16, John 3:21. This page lists all 18 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.