1 Peter 3:4

The English Standar Version

but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious.

Cross References

Colossians 3:12

Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,

1 Samuel 16:7

But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart."

Romans 2:29

But a Jew is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter. His praise is not from man but from God.

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Titus 3:2

to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

Matthew 23:26

You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.

Romans 7:22

For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being,

2 Corinthians 4:16

So we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

Ephesians 4:2

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

1 Peter 3:15

but in your hearts regard Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you;

1 Timothy 2:2

for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

Luke 11:40

You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor;[1] he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;[2]

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Psalm 25:9

He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way.

James 1:21

Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

2 Timothy 2:25

correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,

2 Thessalonians 3:12

Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.[4]

Matthew 5:5

"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Isaiah 29:19

The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the LORD, and the poor among mankind shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 149:4

For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.

Psalm 147:6

The LORD lifts up the humble;[2] he casts the wicked to the ground.

Romans 6:6

We know that our old self[1] was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin.

Luke 16:15

And he said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Psalm 51:6

Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being, and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart.

Psalm 45:13

All glorious is the princess in her chamber, with robes interwoven with gold.

1 Peter 1:23

since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

Colossians 3:3

For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Galatians 5:23

gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

Psalm 131:2

But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me.

2 Corinthians 10:1

I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ -- I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away! --

Matthew 21:5

"Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, and[1] on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.' "

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.

Jeremiah 51:59

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

Romans 1:23

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.