1 Peter 3:15

And be always ready to give an answer to every one that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear:

Colossians 4:6

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

Matthew 10:18-20

And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the heathens.

Luke 21:14-15

Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to premeditate what to answer. For I will give you a mouth and wisdom,

Acts 4:8-12

Then Peter filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

Acts 5:29-31

Then Peter and the other apostles answering said, We ought to obey God rather than man.

Acts 21:39-5

But Paul said, I am a man who am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak to the people.

Acts 24:25

And as he reasoned concerning justice, temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix being terrified, answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

Colossians 1:5

your love to all the saints) For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven,

Colossians 1:23

If ye continue in the faith, grounded and settled, and are not removed from the hope of the gospel which ye have heard, which is preached to every creature that is under heaven, whereof I Paul am made a minister.

2 Timothy 2:25-26

apt to teach, patient of evil, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if haply God may give them repentance, to the acknowledging of the truth;

Titus 1:2

In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began;

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ as a Son over his own house, whose house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the glorying of hope, firm to the end.

Hebrews 6:1

Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works,

Hebrews 6:18-19

That by two unchangeable 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, hath begotten us again to a living hope, by the resurrection of Christ from the dead,

1 Peter 1:17

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

1 Peter 3:2

Beholding your chaste conversation joined with fear:

1 Peter 3:4

in the incorruptible ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is of great price.

Colossians 1:27

To whom among the Gentiles it was the will of God to make known, what is the riches of this glorious mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

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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 ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the heathens.
Luke 21:14
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to premeditate what to answer. For I will give you a mouth and wisdom,
Acts 4:8
Then Peter filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
Acts 5:29
Then Peter and the other apostles answering said, We ought to obey God rather than man.
Acts 21:39
But Paul said, I am a man who am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak to the people.
Acts 22:1
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye now my defence unto you.
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every one.
2 Timothy 2:25
apt to teach, patient of evil, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if haply God may give them repentance, to the acknowledging of the truth;

A reason

Acts 24:25
And as he reasoned concerning justice, temperance, and the judgment to come, Felix being terrified, answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.

The hope

1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again to a living hope, by the resurrection of Christ from the dead,
Colossians 1:5
your love to all the saints) For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven,
Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Hebrews 3:6
But Christ as a Son over his own house, whose house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the glorying of hope, firm to the end.
Hebrews 6:1
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works,

With

1 Peter 3:2
Beholding your chaste conversation joined with fear:
2 Timothy 2:25
apt to teach, patient of evil, In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if haply God may give them repentance, to the acknowledging of the truth;