1 Peter 3:15

and the Lord God sanctify in your hearts. And be ready always for defence to every one who is asking of you an account concerning the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

Colossians 4:6

your word always in grace -- with salt being seasoned -- to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

Isaiah 29:23

For in his seeing his children, The work of My hand, in his midst, They sanctify My name, And have sanctified the Holy One of Jacob, And the God of Israel they declare fearful.

Numbers 20:12

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, and unto Aaron, 'Because ye have not believed in Me to sanctify Me before the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore ye do not bring in this assembly unto the land which I have given to them.'

1 Samuel 12:7

and, now, station yourselves, and I judge you before Jehovah, with all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which He did with you, and with your fathers.

Psalm 119:46

And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.

Isaiah 1:18

Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!

Isaiah 5:16

And Jehovah of Hosts is high in judgment, And the Holy God sanctified in righteousness,

Isaiah 41:21

Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob.

Jeremiah 26:12-16

And Jeremiah speaketh unto all the heads, and unto all the people, saying, 'Jehovah sent me to prophesy concerning this house, and concerning this city, all the words that ye have heard;

Daniel 3:16-18

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego have answered, yea, they are saying to the king Nebuchadnezzar, 'We have no need concerning this matter to answer thee.

Amos 7:14-17

And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, 'I am no prophet, nor a prophet's son am I, but a herdsman I am, and a cultivator of sycamores,

Matthew 10:18-20

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

Luke 21:14-15

'Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply,

Acts 4:8-12

Then Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them: 'Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

Acts 5:29-31

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, 'To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

Acts 21:39-5

And Paul said, 'I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, of no mean city a citizen; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.'

Acts 24:25

and he reasoning concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment that is about to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, 'For the present be going, and having got time, I will call for thee;'

Colossians 1:5

because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news,

Colossians 1:23

if also ye remain in the faith, being founded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the good news, which ye heard, which was preached in all the creation that is under the heaven, of which I became -- I Paul -- a ministrant.

2 Timothy 2:25-26

in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

Titus 1:2

upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,

Hebrews 3:6

and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.

Hebrews 6:1

Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God,

Hebrews 6:18-19

that through two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us,

1 Peter 1:3-4

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,

1 Peter 1:17

and if on the Father ye do call, who without acceptance of persons is judging according to the work of each, in fear the time of your sojourn pass ye,

1 Peter 3:2

having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,

1 Peter 3:4

but -- the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible thing of the meek and quiet spirit, which is, before God, of great price,

Numbers 27:14

because ye provoked My mouth in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the company -- to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes;' they are waters of Meribah, in Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin.

Colossians 1:27

to whom God did will to make known what is the riches of the glory of this secret among the nations -- which is Christ in you, the hope of the 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:

General references

Bible References

And be

Psalm 119:46
And I speak of Thy testimonies before kings, And I am not ashamed.
Jeremiah 26:12
And Jeremiah speaketh unto all the heads, and unto all the people, saying, 'Jehovah sent me to prophesy concerning this house, and concerning this city, all the words that ye have heard;
Daniel 3:16
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego have answered, yea, they are saying to the king Nebuchadnezzar, 'We have no need concerning this matter to answer thee.
Amos 7:14
And Amos answereth and saith unto Amaziah, 'I am no prophet, nor a prophet's son am I, but a herdsman I am, and a cultivator of sycamores,
Matthew 10:18
and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
Luke 21:14
'Settle, then, to your hearts, not to meditate beforehand to reply,
Acts 4:8
Then Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said unto them: 'Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
Acts 5:29
And Peter and the apostles answering, said, 'To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;
Acts 21:39
And Paul said, 'I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, of Tarsus of Cilicia, of no mean city a citizen; and I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.'
Acts 22:1
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear my defence now unto you;' --
Colossians 4:6
your word always in grace -- with salt being seasoned -- to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.
2 Timothy 2:25
in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

A reason

1 Samuel 12:7
and, now, station yourselves, and I judge you before Jehovah, with all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which He did with you, and with your fathers.
Isaiah 1:18
Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!
Isaiah 41:21
Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob.
Acts 24:25
and he reasoning concerning righteousness, and temperance, and the judgment that is about to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, 'For the present be going, and having got time, I will call for thee;'

The hope

1 Peter 1:3
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,
Colossians 1:5
because of the hope that is laid up for you in the heavens, which ye heard of before in the word of the truth of the good news,
Titus 1:2
upon hope of life age-during, which God, who doth not lie, did promise before times of ages,
Hebrews 3:6
and Christ, as a Son over his house, whose house are we, if the boldness and the rejoicing of the hope unto the end we hold fast.
Hebrews 6:1
Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God,

With

1 Peter 3:2
having beheld your pure behaviour in fear,
2 Timothy 2:25
in meekness instructing those opposing -- if perhaps God may give to them repentance to an acknowledging of the truth,

General references

Proverbs 26:16
Wiser is the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven men returning a reason.