'Opinion' in the Bible

And having a high opinion of Joseph as his servant, he made him the overseer of his house and gave him control over all he had.

And they said to them, May the Lord take note of you and be your judge; for you have given Pharaoh and his servants a bad opinion of us, putting a sword in their hands for our destruction.

Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

And the priest is to see him on the seventh day; and if, in his opinion, the place on his skin has not become worse and is not increased in size, then the priest will keep him shut up for seven days more:

But if, in his opinion, the growth is stopped, and black hair has come up on it, the disease has gone; he is clean and the priest will say that he is clean.

And the Lord said to Moses, Send for seventy of the responsible men of Israel, who are in your opinion men of weight and authority over the people; make them come to the Tent of meeting and be there with you.

If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;

And he gave orders to the men whom he sent, saying, This is what you are to say to all the men of Israel, Has ever an act like this been done from the day when the children of Israel came out of Egypt to this day? Give thought to it, turning it over in your minds, and give your opinion of it.

And when the Philistine, taking note, saw David, he had a poor opinion of him: for he was only a boy, red-haired and good-looking.

Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your opinion now, what are we to do?

Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him:

And said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?

But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, but went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him.

And he said to them, What is your opinion? What answer are we to give to this people who have said to me, Make less the weight of the yoke which your father put on us?

Let your minds be changed, and do not have an evil opinion of me; yes, be changed, for my righteousness is still in me.

Why has the evil-doer a low opinion of God, saying in his heart, You will not make search for it?

Men do not have a low opinion of a thief who takes food when he is in need of it:

The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

He who has a poor opinion of his neighbour has no sense, but a wise man keeps quiet.

He who is of low position and has a servant, is better than one who has a high opinion of himself and is in need of bread.

The fear of the Lord is the teaching of wisdom; and a low opinion of oneself goes before honour.

When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.

The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

Whom then is God like, in your opinion? or what will you put forward as a comparison with him?

As for me, here I am in your hands: do with me whatever seems good and right in your opinion.

We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride; and his great opinion of himself, and that his heart is lifted up.

For who has had a poor opinion of the day of small things? for they will be glad when they see the weighted measuring-line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Then he said in answer to me, These seven lights are the eyes of the Lord which go quickly up and down through all the earth.

He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus said to him, What is your opinion, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth get payment or tax? from their sons or from other people?

Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?

What is your opinion of the Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, The Son of David.

What is your opinion? They made answer and said, It is right for him to be put to death.

His words against God have come to your ears: what is your opinion? And they all said it was right for him to be put to death.

Which of these three men, in your opinion, was neighbour to the man who came into the hands of thieves?

Is it your opinion that I have come to give peace on earth? I say to you, No, but division:

And he, in answer, said to them, Are you of the opinion that these Galilaeans were worse than all other Galilaeans, because these things were done to them?

And he said, You take care to seem right in the eyes of men, but God sees your hearts: and those things which are important in the opinion of men, are evil in the eyes of God.

And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:

And while they were giving ear to these words, he made another story for them, because he was near Jerusalem, and because they were of the opinion that the kingdom of God was coming straight away.

And Pilate said to the chief priests and the people, In my opinion this man has done no wrong

And Herod is of the same opinion, for he has sent him back to us; for, you see, he has done nothing for which I might put him to death.

But they were full of fear, being of the opinion that they were seeing a spirit.

They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another while they were in the Temple, What is your opinion? Will he not come to the feast?

Some were of the opinion that because Judas kept the money-bag Jesus said to him, Get the things we have need of for the feast; or, that he was to give something to the poor.

And Jesus did such a number of other things that, if every one was recorded, it is my opinion that even the world itself is not great enough for the books there would be.

But one of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a man of learning in the law, of whom all the people had a high opinion, got up and made a suggestion for the men to be put outside for a little time.

But Paul was of the opinion that it was not right to take with them one who had gone away from them in Pamphylia, and had not gone on with the work.

Of whom the brothers at Lystra and Iconium had a high opinion.

And there is danger, not only that our trade may be damaged in the opinion of men, but that the holy place of the great goddess Diana may be no longer honoured, and that she to whom all Asia and the world give worship, will be put down from her high position.

And one Ananias, a God-fearing man, who kept the law, and of whom all the Jews in that place had a high opinion,

For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:

But, in my opinion, there is no cause of death in him, and as he himself has made a request to be judged by Caesar, I have said that I would send him.

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:

Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?

For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

And when the south wind came softly, being of the opinion that their purpose might be effected, they let the ship go and went sailing down the side of Crete, very near to the land.

But they had the idea that they would see him becoming ill, or suddenly falling down dead; but after waiting a long time, and seeing that no damage came to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.

But we have a desire to give hearing to your opinion: for as to this form of religion, we have knowledge that in all places it is attacked.

I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.

But I say to every one of you, through the grace given to me, not to have an over-high opinion of himself, but to have wise thoughts, as God has given to every one a measure of faith.

Be in harmony with one another. Do not have a high opinion of yourselves, but be in agreement with common people. Do not give yourselves an air of wisdom.

Let not him who takes food have a low opinion of him who does not: and let not him who does not take food be a judge of him who does; for he has God's approval.

I am conscious of this, and am certain in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself; but for the man in whose opinion it is unclean, for him it is unclean.

Now I make request to you, my brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you will all say the same thing, and that there may be no divisions among you, so that you may be in complete agreement, in the same mind and in the same opinion.

But this I say as my opinion, and not as an order of the Lord.

Now about virgins I have no orders from the Lord: but I give my opinion as one to whom the Lord has given mercy to be true to him.

In my opinion then, because of the present trouble, it is good for a man to keep as he is.

But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

But it will be better for her to keep as she is, in my opinion: and it seems to me that I have the Spirit of God.

Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;

For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.

And in this I give my opinion: for it is to your profit, who were the first to make a start a year before, not only to do this, but to make clear that your minds were more than ready to do it.

For the Lord's approval of a man is not dependent on his opinion of himself, but on the Lord's opinion of him.

For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

To give the revelation of his Son in me, so that I might give the news of him to the Gentiles; then I did not take the opinion of flesh and blood,

And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

In my opinion it is right for a woman not to be a teacher, or to have rule over a man, but to be quiet.

Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.

He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts,

I have sent you this short letter by Silvanus, a true brother, in my opinion; comforting you and witnessing that this is the true grace of God; keep to it.