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1 Peter 3:15
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;

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1 Samuel 12:7
Keep your places now, while I take up the argument with you before the Lord, and give you the story of the righteousness of the Lord, which he has made clear by his acts to you and to your fathers.

Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?

Isaiah 41:21
Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.

Acts 24:25
And while he was talking about righteousness and self-control and the judging which was to come, Felix had great fear and said, Go away for the present, and when the right time comes I will send for you.

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Job 6:10
So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

Job 11:4
You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

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Psalms 22:26
The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

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Psalms 27:1
Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

Psalms 46:1
To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song. God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

Psalms 46:2
For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea;

Psalms 46:3
Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent motion. (Selah.)

Habakkuk 3:17
For though the fig-tree has no flowers, and there is no fruit on the vine, and work on the olive comes to nothing, and the fields give no food; and the flock is cut off from its resting-place, and there is no herd in the cattle-house:

Habakkuk 3:18
Still, I will be glad in the Lord, my joy will be in the God of my salvation.

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Psalms 119:46
So that I may give knowledge of your unchanging word before kings, and not be put to shame.

Daniel 3:17
If our God, whose servants we are, is able to keep us safe from the burning and flaming fire, and from your hands, O King, he will keep us safe.

Daniel 3:18
But if not, be certain, O King, that we will not be the servants of your gods, or give worship to the image of gold which you have put up.

Luke 21:13
And it will be turned to a witness for you.

Acts 4:10
Take note, all of you, and all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you put to death on the cross, whom God gave back from the dead, even through him is this man now before you completely well.

Acts 4:11
He is the stone which you builders had no use for, but which has been made the chief stone of the building.

Acts 24:10
Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer:

Acts 26:1
And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying:

Acts 26:2
In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:

Philippians 1:17
But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

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Proverbs 15:2
Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

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Proverbs 15:28
The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

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Isaiah 29:23
But when they, the children of Jacob, see the work of my hands among them, they will give honour to my name; yes, they will give honour to the Holy One of Jacob, and go in fear of the God of Israel.

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Ezekiel 36:23
And I will make holy my great name which has been made unclean among the nations, which you have made unclean among them; and it will be clear to the nations that I am the Lord, says the Lord, when I make myself holy in you before their eyes.

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Matthew 10:16
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.

Matthew 10:19
But when you are given up into their hands, do not be troubled about what to say or how to say it: for in that hour what you are to say will be given to you;

Matthew 10:20
Because it is not you who say the words, but the Spirit of your Father in you.

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Acts 26:6
And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers;

Acts 26:7
For the effecting of which our twelve tribes have been working and waiting night and day with all their hearts. And in connection with this hope I am attacked by the Jews, O king!

Acts 28:20
But for this reason I sent for you, to see and have talk with you: for because of the hope of Israel I am in these chains.

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Matthew 5:11
Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

Romans 12:1
For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.

Ephesians 4:4
There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;

James 3:17
But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

1 Peter 2:11
My loved ones, I make this request with all my heart, that, as those for whom this world is a strange country, you will keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh which make war against the soul;

1 Peter 2:20
What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

1 Peter 2:21
This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:

1 Peter 2:22
Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:

1 Peter 2:23
To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:

1 Peter 4:1
So that as Jesus was put to death in the flesh, do you yourselves be of the same mind; for the death of the flesh puts an end to sin;

1 Peter 4:4
And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

1 Peter 4:13
But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.

1 Peter 4:15
Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;

1 Peter 4:16
But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.

2 Peter 1:7
And love of the brothers to fear of God, and to love of the brothers, love itself.

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1 Corinthians 4:21
What is your desire? is my coming to be with punishment, or is it to be in love and a gentle spirit?

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Philemon 1:17
If then you take me to be your friend and brother, take him in as myself.

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Acts 17:11
Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

Romans 10:9
Because, if you say with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and have faith in your heart that God has made him come back from the dead, you will have salvation:

Ephesians 3:17
So that Christ may have his place in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and based in love,

1 Thessalonians 5:21
Let all things be tested; keep to what is good;

2 Timothy 2:26
And so they may get themselves free from the net of the Evil One, being made the prisoners of the Lord's servant, for the purpose of God.

Hebrews 3:6
But Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we keep our hearts fixed in the glad and certain hope till the end.

Hebrews 6:18
So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

Hebrews 10:23
Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:

1 Peter 1:5
Who, by the power of God are kept, through faith, for that salvation, which will be seen at the last day.

1 John 5:10
He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son.

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1 Peter 5:10
And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

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