1 Peter 3:4 Cross References - ISV

⁴ Instead, it should be the inner disposition of the heart, consisting in the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which God values greatly.

⁷ The LORD told Samuel, “Don’t look at his appearance or his height, for I’ve rejected him. Truly, God does not see what man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”

⁹ He will guide the humble to justice; he will teach the humble his way.

¹³ In her chamber, the king’s daughter is glorious; her clothing is embroidered with gold thread.

⁶ Indeed, you are pleased with truth in the inner person, and you will teach me wisdom in my innermost parts.

² Instead, I have composed and quieted myself like a weaned child with its mother; I am like a weaned child.

⁶ The LORD supports the afflicted while he casts the wicked to the ground.

¹⁰ He takes no delight in the strength of a horse, and gains no pleasure in the runner’s swiftness. ¹¹ But the LORD is pleased with those who fear him, with those who depend on his gracious love.

⁴ For the LORD is pleased with his people; he beautifies the afflicted with salvation.

⁴ but with righteousness he will judge the needy, and decide with equity for earth’s poor. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and the wicked will be killed with the breath of his lips.

¹⁹ The humble will again experience joy in the LORD, and the poorest people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵ “For this is what the high and lofty One says, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “He lives in the height and in holiness, and also with the one who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

¹ Good News of Deliverance “The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed and to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners;

⁵⁹ Jeremiah’s Symbolic Message against BabylonThis is the message that Jeremiah the prophet delivered to Neriah’s son Seraiah, the grandson of Mahseiah, when he went with King Zedekiah of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Seraiah was the quartermaster.

⁵ “How blessed are those who are humble, because it is they who will inherit the earth!

²⁹ Place my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest for your souls,

⁵ “Tell the daughter of Zion, ‘Look, your king is coming to you! He is humble and mounted on a donkey, even on a colt of a donkey.’”

²⁶ You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that its outside may also be clean.

⁴⁰ You fools! The one who made the outside made the inside, too, didn’t he?

¹⁵ So he told them, “You try to justify yourselves in front of people, but God knows your hearts, because what is highly valued by people is detestable to God.

²⁹ No, a person is a Jew inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, brought about by the Spirit, not by a written law. That person’s praise will come from God, not from people.

⁶ We know that our old natures were crucified with him so that our sin-laden bodies might be rendered powerless and we might no longer be slaves to sin.

²² For I delight in the Law of God in my inner being,

¹⁶ Life in an Earthly TentThat’s why we are not discouraged. No, even if outwardly we are wearing out, inwardly we are being renewed each and every day.

¹ Paul’s Authority to Speak ForcefullyNow I myself, Paul, plead with you with the gentleness and kindness of the Messiah—I who am humble when I am face to face with you but forceful toward you when I am away!

²³ gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.

² demonstrating all expressions of humility, gentleness, and patience, accepting one another in love.

²² Regarding your former way of life, you were taught to strip off your old nature, which is being ruined by its deceptive desires, ²³ to be renewed in your mental attitude, ²⁴ and to clothe yourselves with the new nature, which was created according to God’s image in righteousness and true holiness.

³ For you have died, and your life has been safely guarded by the Messiah in God.

⁹ Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old nature with its practices ¹⁰ and have clothed yourselves with the new nature, which is being renewed in full knowledge, consistent with the image of the one who created it.

¹² Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.

¹¹ Also, make it your goal to live quietly, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you,

¹² We order and encourage such people by the Lord Jesus, the Messiah, to do their work quietly and to earn their own living.

² for kings, and for everyone who has authority, so that we might lead a quiet and peaceful life with all godliness and dignity.

²⁵ and gentle when refuting opponents. After all, maybe God will allow them to repent and to come to a full knowledge of the truth,

² They are not to insult anyone or be argumentative. Instead, they are to be gentle and perfectly courteous to everyone.

²¹ Therefore, rid yourselves of everything impure and every expression of wickedness, and with a gentle spirit welcome the word planted in you that can save your souls.

¹³ Live WiselyWho among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his noble conduct that his actions are done humbly and wisely. ¹⁴ But if you have bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop boasting and slandering the truth. ¹⁵ That kind of wisdom does not come from above. No, it is worldly, self-centered, and demonic. ¹⁶ For wherever jealousy and rivalry exist, there is disorder and every kind of evil.
¹⁷ However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, and without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

²³ For you have been born again, not by a seed that perishes but by one that cannot perish—by the living and everlasting word of God.

¹⁵ Instead, exalt the Messiah” as Lord in your lives. Always be prepared to give a defense to everyone who asks you to explain the hope you have.