12 Bible Verses about Dreams

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Matthew 1:20

But while he was contemplating this step, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to bring home your wife Mary, for she is with child through 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

But while he was contemplating this step, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to bring home your wife Mary, for she is with child through the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 2:13

When they were gone, and angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise: take the babe and His mother and escape to Egypt, and remain there till I bring you word. For Herod is about to make search for the child in order to destroy Him."

Matthew 2:19-20

But after Herod's death an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said to him, "Rise from sleep, and take the child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who were seeking 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

So they entered the house; and when they saw the babe with His mother Mary, they prostrated themselves and did Him homage, and opening their treasure-chests offered gifts to Him--gold, frankincense, and myrrh. But being forbidden by God in a dream to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by a different route.

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 sitting on the tribunal a message came to him from his wife. "Have nothing to do with that innocent man," she said, "for during the night I have suffered terribly in a dream through 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 just the same way these dreamers also pollute the body, while they set authority at naught and speak evil of dignities.

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Jude 1:8

Yet in just the same way these dreamers also pollute the body, while they set authority at naught and speak evil of dignities.

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Acts 7:30-32

"But at the end of forty years there appeared to him in the Desert of Mount Sinai an angel in the middle of a flame of fire in a bush.

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