Bible Verses About Dreams
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for dreams, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 89,639 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 Dreams
Acts 2:172,034 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 2:281,922 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 5:71,646 votes
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
Numbers 12:61,381 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 5:31,285 votes
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.
Daniel 1:171,266 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.
Matthew 2:131,260 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.
Genesis 40:81,225 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.
Matthew 27:191,193 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.
Jeremiah 23:321,185 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.
Job 33:151,161 votes
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
Matthew 1:201,136 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.
Zechariah 10:21,096 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.
1 John 4:11,083 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.
Job 33:14-181,070 votes
For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
Job 20:81,027 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.
Daniel 4:51,027 votes
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
Revelation 1:1998 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:
Deuteronomy 13:1-3997 votes
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
Deuteronomy 13:1993 votes
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
Matthew 2:19967 votes
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
Genesis 20:3960 votes
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man’s wife.
Judges 7:13-15936 votes
And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
1 Kings 3:5916 votes
In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.
Daniel 7:1-28900 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.
What does the Bible say about dreams?
Readers most often cite Acts 2:17 on the subject of dreams. Across 89,639 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.