Bible Verses about “godparents”

“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.”

“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”

“¶ Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if [there be] any praise, think on these things.”

“And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

“¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”

“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.”

“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”

“My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:”

“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.”

“¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.”

“Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you.”

“For they [shall be] an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.”

“And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”

“‹But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.›”

“Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice.”

“A wise [man] will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:”

“Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord [is] at hand.”

“Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.”

“¶ Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:”

“She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, [saying],”

“But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.”

“Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.”

“For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:”

“Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.”

“For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.”

“For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:”

“Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;”

“But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:”

“I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;”

“When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.”

“Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:”

“They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.”

“Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.”

“Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.”

“My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:”

“How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?”

“To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.”

“¶ My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.”

“So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.”

“Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.”

“To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;”

“To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.”

“We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:”

“For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.”

“To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;”

“If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:”

“Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:”

“Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:”