1 Peter 3:15

but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts; ready always for an answer to every one who asks of you an account concerning the hope that is in you, yet 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 each one.

Matthew 10:18-20

and before the governors and the kings shall ye be brought for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the gentiles.

Luke 21:14-15

Settle it, therefore, in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to make a defense;

Acts 4:8-12

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

Acts 5:29-31

But Peter and the apostles, answering, said, "It is proper to obey God rather than men.

Acts 21:39-5

But Paul said, "I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city; and I beseech you, permit me to speak to the people."

Acts 24:25

And, as he was reasoning about righteousness, continence, and the judgment to come, Felix, becoming terrified, answered, "Go your way for the present; and, when I obtain a suitable opportunity, I will call for you;"

Colossians 1:5

because of the hope laid up for you in Heaven, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel,

Colossians 1:23

if, at least, ye continue in the faith, founded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under the heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

2 Timothy 2:25-26

in meekness correcting those opposing themselves, if peradventure God should give them repentance to a full knowledge of the truth,

Titus 1:2

upon hope of eternal life which God, Who cannot lie, promised before eternal times,

Hebrews 3:6

but Christ as a Son over His own house; Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

Hebrews 6:1

Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

Hebrews 6:18-19

that, through two immutable facts, in which it is impossible that God should lie, we may have strong encouragement, who fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us;

1 Peter 1:3-4

Blessed be the God and Father of out Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to His abundant mercy, begat us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,

1 Peter 1:17

And, if ye call on Him as Father, Who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to each one's work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear;

1 Peter 3:2

having beheld your chaste conduct mingled with fear:

1 Peter 3:4

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

Colossians 1:27

to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory 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 before the governors and the kings shall ye be brought for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the gentiles.
Luke 21:14
Settle it, therefore, in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to make a defense;
Acts 4:8
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders,
Acts 5:29
But Peter and the apostles, answering, said, "It is proper to obey God rather than men.
Acts 21:39
But Paul said, "I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean 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 to you."
Colossians 4:6
Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.
2 Timothy 2:25
in meekness correcting those opposing themselves, if peradventure God should give them repentance to a full knowledge of the truth,

A reason

Acts 24:25
And, as he was reasoning about righteousness, continence, and the judgment to come, Felix, becoming terrified, answered, "Go your way for the present; and, when I obtain a suitable opportunity, I will call for you;"

The hope

1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of out Lord Jesus Christ, Who, according to His abundant mercy, begat us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from among the dead,
Colossians 1:5
because of the hope laid up for you in Heaven, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel,
Titus 1:2
upon hope of eternal life which God, Who cannot lie, promised before eternal times,
Hebrews 3:6
but Christ as a Son over His own house; Whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.
Hebrews 6:1
Wherefore, leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,

With

1 Peter 3:2
having beheld your chaste conduct mingled with fear:
2 Timothy 2:25
in meekness correcting those opposing themselves, if peradventure God should give them repentance to a full knowledge of the truth,