Dreams
36 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
28 sections
- Enemies of the Church
- Excess of Business Frequently Leads To
- False Prophets: Condemned for Pretending To
- False Prophets: Not to be Regarded In
- False Prophets: Pretended To
- God the Only Interpreter of
- God's Will often Revealed In
- Impure Imaginations
- Mentioned in Scripture of Abimelech
- Mentioned in Scripture of Daniel
- Mentioned in Scripture of Jacob
- Mentioned in Scripture of Joseph
- Mentioned in Scripture of Laban
- Mentioned in Scripture of Midianite
- Mentioned in Scripture of Nebuchadnezzar
- Mentioned in Scripture of Pharaoh
- Mentioned in Scripture of Pharaoh's Butler and Baker
- Mentioned in Scripture of Pilate's Wife
- Mentioned in Scripture of Solomon
- Mentioned in Scripture of Wise Men
- Often by Imaginary
- Prosperity of Sinners
- The Ancients: Anxious to Have, Explained
- The Ancients: Consulting Magicians On
- The Ancients: Often Perplexed By
- The Ancients: Put Great Faith In
- Vanity of Trusting to Natural
- Visions in Sleep
Enemies of the Church
- Isaiah 29:7–8 All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel— even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her— will be like a dream, like a vision in the night, …
Excess of Business Frequently Leads To
- Ecclesiastes 5:3 As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
False Prophets: Condemned for Pretending To
- Jeremiah 23:32 “Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to …
False Prophets: Not to be Regarded In
- Deuteronomy 13:1–3 If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, …
- Jeremiah 27:9 But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
False Prophets: Pretended To
- Jeremiah 23:25–28 “I have heard the sayings of the prophets who prophesy lies in My name: ‘I had a dream! I had a dream!’ …
- Jeremiah 29:8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Do not be deceived by the prophets and diviners among you, and do not listen to the dreams you elicit from them.
God the Only Interpreter of
- Genesis 40:8 “We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
- Genesis 41:16 “I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
- Daniel 2:27–30 Daniel answered the king, “No wise man, enchanter, medium, or magician can explain to the king the mystery of which he inquires. …
- Daniel 7:16 I approached one of those who were standing there, and I asked him the true meaning of all this. So he told me the interpretation of these things:
God's Will often Revealed In
- Numbers 12:6 He 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.
- Job 33:15 In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
Impure Imaginations
- Jude 8 Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
Mentioned in Scripture of Abimelech
- Genesis 20:3–7 One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.” …
Mentioned in Scripture of Daniel
- Daniel 7:1–28 In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account. …
Mentioned in Scripture of Jacob
- Genesis 28:12 And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and God’s angels were going up and down the ladder.
- Genesis 31:10 When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
Mentioned in Scripture of Joseph
- Matthew 1:20–21 But after he had pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to embrace Mary as your wife, for the One conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. …
- Matthew 2:13 When the Magi had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up!” he said. “Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
- Matthew 2:19–20 After Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt. …
Mentioned in Scripture of Laban
- Genesis 31:24 But that night God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream and warned him, “Be careful not to say anything to Jacob, either good or bad.”
Mentioned in Scripture of Midianite
- Judges 7:13–15 And as Gideon arrived, a man was telling his friend about a dream. “Behold, I had a dream,” he said, “and I saw a loaf of barley bread come tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent so hard that the tent overturned and …
Mentioned in Scripture of Nebuchadnezzar
- Daniel 2:1 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
- Daniel 2:31 As you, O king, were watching, a great statue appeared. A great and dazzling statue stood before you, and its form was awesome.
- Daniel 4:5 I had a dream, and it frightened me; while I was in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
- Daniel 4:8 But at last, into my presence came Daniel (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods). And I told him the dream:
Mentioned in Scripture of Pharaoh
- Genesis 41:1–7 After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile, …
Mentioned in Scripture of Pharaoh's Butler and Baker
- Genesis 40:5–19 both of these men — the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison — had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning. …
Mentioned in Scripture of Pilate's Wife
- Matthew 27:19 While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
Mentioned in Scripture of Solomon
- 1 Kings 3:5–15 One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!” …
Mentioned in Scripture of Wise Men
- Matthew 2:11–12 On coming to the house, they saw the Child with His mother Mary, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then they opened their treasures and presented Him with gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh. …
Often by Imaginary
- Job 20:8 He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
- Isaiah 29:8 as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
Prosperity of Sinners
- Job 20:5–8 the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary? …
- Psalm 73:19–20 How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! …
The Ancients: Anxious to Have, Explained
- Genesis 40:8 “We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
- Daniel 2:3 he said to them, “I have had a dream, and my spirit is anxious to understand it.”
The Ancients: Consulting Magicians On
- Genesis 41:8 In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
- Daniel 2:2–4 So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king, …
The Ancients: Often Perplexed By
- Genesis 40:6 When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.
- Genesis 41:8 In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
- Job 7:14 then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
- Daniel 2:1 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.
- Daniel 4:5 I had a dream, and it frightened me; while I was in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
The Ancients: Put Great Faith In
- Judges 7:15 When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
Vanity of Trusting to Natural
- Ecclesiastes 5:7 For as many dreams bring futility, so do many words. Therefore, fear God.
Visions in Sleep
- Job 33:15 In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
- Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.