Bible Verses About Dreaming
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for dreaming, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,703 votes, led by Acts 2:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Dreaming
Acts 2:1749 votes
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:
Joel 2:2847 votes
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:
Ecclesiastes 5:738 votes
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
Numbers 12:631 votes
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.
Ecclesiastes 5:330 votes
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
1 John 4:129 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Revelation 1:128 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Matthew 2:1327 votes
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Job 20:826 votes
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
Job 33:1526 votes
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
Jeremiah 23:3226 votes
Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the Lord.
Matthew 27:1926 votes
When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Daniel 1:1725 votes
As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
Zechariah 10:225 votes
For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.
Matthew 6:3325 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Daniel 7:1-2824 votes
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
Matthew 1:2024 votes
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
Genesis 40:823 votes
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
Deuteronomy 13:1-323 votes
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
Daniel 7:123 votes
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
Matthew 2:1923 votes
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Deuteronomy 13:122 votes
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
Isaiah 29:7-822 votes
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision.
Jeremiah 29:1122 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Acts 16:922 votes
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
What does the Bible say about dreaming?
Readers most often cite Acts 2:17 on the subject of dreaming. Across 1,703 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Joel 2:28, Ecclesiastes 5:7, Numbers 12:6. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.