What Does the Bible Say About Dreams?
Here are 4 Bible verses about dreams, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.
- #1Acts 2:17
And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
BSB‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
- #2Joel 2:28
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
BSBAnd afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- #3Ecclesiastes 5:7
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
BSBFor as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
- #4Numbers 12:6
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.
BSBHe said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
Verse rankings: OpenBible.info Topical Bible (CC BY). Scripture: KJV & BSB (public domain).
Dreams in Torrey's Topical Textbook
- Visions in sleep: Job 33:15; Da 2:28
- Often by imaginary: Job 20:8; Isa 29:8
- Excess of business frequently leads to: Ec 5:3
- God's will often revealed in: Nu 12:6; Job 33:15
- FALSE PROPHETS
- Pretended to: Jer 23:25-28; 29:8
- Not to be regarded in: De 13:1-3; Jer 27:9
- Condemned for pretending to: Jer 23:32
- Vanity of trusting to natural: Ec 5:7
- THE ANCIENTS
- Put great faith in
- Jud 7:15
- Often perplexed by: Ge 40:6; 41:8; Job 7:14; Da 2:1; 4:5
- Anxious to have, explained: Ge 40:8; Da 2:3
- Consulting magicians on: Ge 41:8; Da 2:2-4
- God the only interpreter of: Ge 40:8; 41:16; Da 2:27-30; 7:16
- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE OF
- Abimelech: Ge 20:3-7
- Jacob: Ge 28:12; 31:10
- Laban: Ge 31:24
- Joseph: Ge 37:5-9
- Pharaoh's butler and baker: Ge 40:5-19
- Pharaoh: Ge 41:1-7
- Midianite
- Jud 7:13-15
- Solomon: 1Ki 3:5-15
- Nebuchadnezzar: Da 2:1,31; 4:5,8
- Daniel: Da 7:1-28
- Joseph: Mt 1:20,21; 2:13,19,20
- Wise men: Mt 2:11,12
- Pilate's wife: Mt 27:19
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
- Prosperity of sinners: Job 20:5-8,; Ps 73:19,20
- Impure imaginations: Jude 1:8
- Enemies of the church: Isa 29:7,8