14 Bible Verses About Dreams

Dreams, those mysterious echoes in the chambers of sleep, often bear intimations from beyond the veil. To fathom their significance, particularly in light of divine purpose, demands that we approach them through the luminous lens of scripture. The sacred pages reveal God's profound capacity to communicate even through these nocturnal images, offering guidance, warning, or comfort. A serious engagement with these biblical accounts is essential; it equips us to discern what is merely earthly phantasm from what might be a genuine whisper from the Eternal, directing our gaze toward His wisdom and sovereign will.

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And when Saul enquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

Study Bible Verses on Dreams: Divine Insight

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.

Genesis 20:3KJV

And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

Genesis 20:6KJV

And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Genesis 28:12KJV

And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

Genesis 31:11KJV

And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Genesis 31:24KJV

And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

Genesis 37:8KJV

And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

Genesis 37:19KJV

Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

Genesis 37:20KJV

And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

Genesis 40:5KJV

When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

Genesis 40:16KJV

And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.

Genesis 41:24KJV

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

Genesis 42:9KJV

And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

Genesis 46:2KJV

And when Saul enquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

1 Samuel 28:6KJV

The scriptures unveil a diverse landscape of dreams, some bearing divine communication, others reflecting the soul's own stirrings or the world's complexities. These passages call us not to seek definitive answers solely in nocturnal imagery, but to cultivate a spirit of prayerful discernment. Recognize that while God may indeed speak in unexpected ways, the ultimate light illuminating our path is found in His revealed Word and person. Let us ponder these biblical accounts as an invitation to deeper faith, seeking always the wisdom to distinguish the genuine whispers of grace from the many echoes within or without, directing our gaze towards the steady truth that guides both our waking life and our quiet nights.