20 Bible Verses about Answering People
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But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;
Let your talk be with grace, mixed with salt, so that you may be able to give an answer to everyone.
And Jesus said to them in answer, I will put one question to you, and if you give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these things.
And Jesus said to them, I will put to you one question; give me an answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things.
Then the king said to the woman, Now give me an answer to the question I am going to put to you; keep nothing back. And the woman said, Let my lord the king say on.
So that I may have an answer for the man who would put me to shame; for I have faith in your word.
O my people, keep in mind now what was designed by Balak, king of Moab, and the answer which Balaam, son of Beor, gave him; the events, from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may be certain of the upright acts of the Lord.
And the people gave him this answer, So it will be done to the man who overcomes him.
And turning away from him to one of the other men, he said the same words: and the people gave him the same answer.
Then Haggai said, Will any of these be made unclean by the touch of one who is unclean through touching a dead body? And the priests answering said, It will be made unclean.
And all to whose ears it came were full of wonder at his knowledge and the answers which he gave.
What answer, then, will my people give to the representatives of the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and she will be a safe place for the poor of his people.
And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?
And Solomon gave her answers to all her questions; there was no secret which the king did not make clear to her.
Then the king sent an answer to Rehum, the chief ruler, and Shimshai the scribe, and their friends living in Samaria, and to the rest of those across the river, saying, Peace to you:
When he said this, one of the police by his side gave him a blow with his open hand, saying, Do you give such an answer to the high priest?
And the earth will give its answer to the grain and the wine and the oil, and they will give an answer to Jezreel;