1 Peter 3:4
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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Psalms 25:9The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
Psalms 51:6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
Psalms 147:6Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.
Psalms 149:4For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.
Isaiah 29:19The meek also shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening [of the prison] to them that are bound;
Matthew Henry on 1 Peter 3:2-8
Duties of Husbands and Wives. ( a. d. 66.) 1 Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; 2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; 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… Read the whole commentary →