1 Peter 3:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁴ but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ But let it be the inward adorning and beauty of the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible and unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit, which [is not anxious or wrought up, but] is very precious in the sight of God.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

Common English Bible

⁴ Instead, make yourselves beautiful on the inside, in your hearts, with the enduring quality of a gentle, peaceful spirit. This type of beauty is very precious in God’s eyes.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Instead, you should be a hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptibility of a quiet and a meek spirit, rich in the sight of God.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ But the hidden man of the heart in the incorruptibility of a quiet and a meek spirit, which is rich in the sight of God.

1 Peter 3:4 Cross References

Psalm 131:2

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child with his mother, My soul is with me like a weaned child.

Psalm 147:6

The LORD upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.

Psalm 149:4

For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.

Psalm 25:9

The meek will he guide in judgement: And the meek will he teach his way.

Psalm 45:13

The king's daughter within the palace is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold.

Psalm 51:6

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: And in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Isaiah 29:19

The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord GODis upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Jeremiah 51:59

The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now Seraiah was chief chamberlain.

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

Matthew 21:5

Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, Meek, and riding upon an ass, And upon a colt the foal of an ass.

Matthew 23:26

Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

Matthew 5:5

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Luke 11:40

Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?

Luke 16:15

And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Romans 1:23

and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

Romans 2:29

but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Romans 6:6

knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you:

2 Corinthians 4:16

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Galatians 5:23

meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Ephesians 4:2

with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;

Colossians 3:12

Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;

Colossians 3:3

For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

2 Thessalonians 3:12

Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

1 Timothy 2:2

for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.

2 Timothy 2:25

in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,

Titus 3:2

to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, shewing all meekness toward all men.

James 1:21

Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

1 Peter 1:23

having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

1 Peter 3:15

but sanctify in your hearts Christ as Lord: being ready always to give answer to every man that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, yet with meekness and fear:

1 Samuel 16:7

But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.