Verse 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.

Referenced Verses

  • Rom 2:29 : 29 but he is a Jew who 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.
  • Rom 7:22 : 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But Jehovah said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him: for [Jehovah seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh on the heart.
  • Matt 23:26 : 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The 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;
  • 2 Cor 4:16 : 16 Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
  • Col 3:12 : 12 Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, longsuffering;
  • Titus 3:2 : 2 to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle, showing all meekness toward all men.
  • Jas 3:13-17 : 13 Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter jealousy and faction in your heart, glory not and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom is not [a wisdom] that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where jealousy and faction are, there is confusion and every vile deed. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 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 Tim 2:25 : 25 in meekness correcting them that oppose themselves; if peradventure God may give them repentance unto the knowledge of the truth,
  • Eph 4:2 : 2 with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
  • Luke 11:40 : 40 Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?
  • Ps 149:4 : 4 For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.
  • 1 Pet 3:15 : 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:
  • Matt 11:29 : 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.
  • 1 Tim 2:2 : 2 for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
  • 1 Pet 1:23 : 23 having been begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.
  • 2 Thess 3:12 : 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.
  • Eph 4:22-24 : 22 that ye put away, as concerning your former manner of life, the old man, that waxeth corrupt after the lusts of deceit; 23 and that ye be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24 and put on the new man, that after God hath been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
  • Col 3:3 : 3 For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
  • Col 3:9-9 : 9 lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings, 10 and have put on the new man, that is being renewed unto knowledge after the image of him that created him:
  • 2 Cor 10:1 : 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:
  • Gal 5:23 : 23 meekness, self-control; against such there is no law.
  • Matt 21:5 : 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.
  • Jer 51:59 : 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.
  • Matt 5:5 : 5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
  • Luke 16:15 : 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.
  • Rom 6:6 : 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;
  • Isa 11:4 : 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide 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.
  • Isa 29:19 : 19 The meek also shall increase their joy in Jehovah, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
  • Isa 57:15 : 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.
  • Ps 25:9 : 9 The meek will he guide in justice; And the meek will he teach his way.
  • Ps 45:13 : 13 The king's daughter within [the palace] is all glorious: Her clothing is inwrought with gold.
  • Ps 51:6 : 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
  • Ps 131:2 : 2 Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child with his mother, Like a weaned child is my soul within me.
  • Ps 147:6 : 6 Jehovah upholdeth the meek: He bringeth the wicked down to the ground.
  • Ps 147:10-11 : 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man. 11 Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.