1 Peter 3:4

but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

5For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,

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Cross References

Psalms 25:9He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.

Psalms 51:6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Psalms 147:6The LORD sustains the humble, but casts the wicked to the ground.

Psalms 149:4For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.

Isaiah 29:19The humble will increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,

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 →

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