1 Peter 3:4

but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.

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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

3Let your beauty come not from the outward adorning of braiding your hair, and of wearing gold ornaments or of putting on fine clothing,

5For this is how in the past the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands.

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Cross References

Psalms 25:9He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.

Psalms 51:6Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Psalms 147:6The LORD upholds the humble. He brings the wicked down to the ground.

Psalms 149:4For the LORD takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.

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

Isaiah 61:1The Lord GOD’s Spirit is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who 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 →

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