1 Peter 3:15

but reverence the Lord God in your hearts, and be always ready to answer every one that asks of you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every one.

Matthew 10:18-20

and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

Luke 21:14-15

Therefore, determine in your hearts not to meditate beforehand what you shall answer;

Acts 4:8-12

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

Acts 5:29-31

But Peter and the apostles answered and said: "We must obey God rather than men.

Acts 21:39-5

But Paul replied: I am a Jew of Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of no unknown city; and I beseech you, permit me to speak to the people.

Acts 24:25

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered: For the present withdraw; when I have a convenient season, I will call for you.

Colossians 1:5

in consequence of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

Colossians 1:23

if you continue in the faith, founded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which has been preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, have been made a minister.

2 Timothy 2:25-26

in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves, if, possibly, God may give them repentance in order to the acknowledgment of the truth,

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised be fore the times of the ages,

Hebrews 3:6

but Christ, as a Son over his own house; whose house we are, if we hold the confidence and the joy of our hope firm to the end.

Hebrews 6:1

Therefore, omitting the elementary Christian teaching, let us go on to the perfection of Christian instruction, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

Hebrews 6:18-19

that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled to lay hold on the hope set before us;

1 Peter 1:3-4

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, has, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, regenerated us for a living hope

1 Peter 1:17

And since you call on the Father, who, without respect of persons, judges according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

1 Peter 3:2

by observing your blameless and reverential conduct.

1 Peter 3:4

but let it be the hidden man of the heart, adorned with the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which, in the sight of God, is of great price.

Colossians 1:27

to whom God would make known what is the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

A reason

Bible References

And be

Matthew 10:18
and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
Luke 21:14
Therefore, determine in your hearts not to meditate beforehand what you shall answer;
Acts 4:8
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
Acts 5:29
But Peter and the apostles answered and said: "We must obey God rather than men.
Acts 21:39
But Paul replied: I am a Jew of Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of no unknown city; and I beseech you, permit me to speak to the people.
Acts 22:1
Brethren and fathers, hear my defense, which I now make before you.
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every one.
2 Timothy 2:25
in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves, if, possibly, God may give them repentance in order to the acknowledgment of the truth,

A reason

Acts 24:25
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered: For the present withdraw; when I have a convenient season, I will call for you.

The hope

1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, has, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, regenerated us for a living hope
Colossians 1:5
in consequence of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, of which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
Titus 1:2
in hope of eternal life, which God, who can not lie, promised be fore the times of the ages,
Hebrews 3:6
but Christ, as a Son over his own house; whose house we are, if we hold the confidence and the joy of our hope firm to the end.
Hebrews 6:1
Therefore, omitting the elementary Christian teaching, let us go on to the perfection of Christian instruction, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

With

1 Peter 3:2
by observing your blameless and reverential conduct.
2 Timothy 2:25
in meekness instructing those who oppose themselves, if, possibly, God may give them repentance in order to the acknowledgment of the truth,