12 Bible Verses about Dreams

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Matthew 1:20

He had been dwelling upon this, when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," the angel said, "do not be afraid to take Mary for your wife, for her child has been conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Divination » Effected through » Dreams

Dreams » General references to

More verses: Job 7:14

Dreams » Interpretation of

More verses: Daniel 4:24

Dreams » The ancients » Often perplexed by

Dreams » God the only interpreter of

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Joseph

Matthew 1:20

He had been dwelling upon this, when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," the angel said, "do not be afraid to take Mary for your wife, for her child has been conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 2:13

After they had left, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said: "Awake, take the child and his mother, and seek refuge in Egypt; and stay there until I bid you return, for Herod is about to search for the child, to put him to death."

Matthew 2:19-20

But, on the death of Herod, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said: "Awake, take the child and his mother, and go into the Land of Israel, for those who sought to take the child's life are dead."

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Nebuchadnezzar

Dreams » False prophets » Not to be regarded in

Dreams » False prophets » Pretended to

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » jacob

Dreams » Illustrative of » Prosperity of sinners

Dreams » The ancients » Consulting magicians on

Dreams » The ancients » Anxious to have, explained

Dreams » God's will often revealed in

Dreams » Visions in sleep

Dreams » Often by imaginary

Dreams » Excess of business frequently leads to

Dreams » Vanity of trusting to natural

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Pharaoh's butler and baker

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Wise men

Matthew 2:11-12

Entering the house, they saw the child with his mother, Mary, and fell at his feet and did homage to him. Then they unpacked their treasures, and offered to the child presents of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. But afterwards, having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another road.

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Midianite

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Pharaoh

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Abimelech

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Solomon

Dreams » False prophets » Condemned for pretending to

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Laban

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Pilate's wife

Matthew 27:19

While he was still on the Bench, his wife sent this message to him--"Do not have anything to do with that good man, for I have been very unhappy to-day in a dream on account of him."

Dreams » Illustrative of » Enemies of the church

Dreams » The ancients » Put great faith in

Dreams » Mentioned in scripture, of » Daniel

Dreams » Illustrative of » Impure imaginations

Jude 1:8

Yet in the very same way these men, too, cherishing vain dreams, pollute our human nature, reject control, and malign the Mighty.

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Matthew 1:20

He had been dwelling upon this, when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," the angel said, "do not be afraid to take Mary for your wife, for her child has been conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Misleading Dreams

Jude 1:8

Yet in the very same way these men, too, cherishing vain dreams, pollute our human nature, reject control, and malign the Mighty.

Visions And Dreams In Scripture

Acts 7:30-32

Forty years had passed when there appeared to him, in the Desert of Mount Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.

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