Dreams and Visions from God Still Occur Today?

The Pentecostals / Charismatics believe that supernatural dreams and visions still exist today. They believe that God does provide divine revelation directly to certain Pentecostals. However, similar to spiritual gifts such as speaking in tongues, supernatural healings, words of wisdom and knowledge, discerning of spirits and miracles (power, supernatural dreams and visions no longer exist today. Dreams and visions did exist in the Old Testament and the early church in the New Testament times (the Apostolic Church.) It is true that in the Apostolic Church, this was a necessary gift that was used to bring the Word of God in the Apostolic church until the Bible (New Testament) was formed. Upon completion of the New Testament by the Apostolic Church this gift of dreams and visions have ceased as well as the other supernatural gifts. All these gifts were important witnesses of the Apostolic Church and served to spread the Gospel in the 1^st Century A.D. These gifts also have important symbolic, spiritual truths as well. The ultimate fulfillment of dreams (a.k.a., night visions) and visions is the ability of God’s people to spiritually understand God’s Word.

Pentecostal Beliefs about Dreams and Visions

Background of Dreams (Night Visions) and Visions

Acts 2 – Dreams and Visions

Signs and Wonders have Ceased

Bible is Complete

Prophets Called ‘Seers’

Visions Today

Warnings of False Visions

Dreams – Old Testament

Dreams – New Testament

Visions – Old Testament

Visions – New Testament

Dreams and Visions Together in Scripture

Book of Daniel – Dreams / Visions

Pentecostal Beliefs about Dreams and Visions

Pentecostals / Charismatics – God still speaks through dreams and visions
- Promised by God on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2)
- Believe God is speaking through the dream / vision
- Need gift of ‘Discernment of Spirits’ to be able to judge if real
Sources:
- Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, Burgess / McGee, Zondervan Publishing House, 1995.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discernment_of_Spirits
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse

Background of Dreams (Night Visions) and Visions

God speaks through dreams (while sleeping)
Dreams are ‘night visions’ – Isa 29:7, Dan 7:2, Dan 7:7, etc.
Dreams were often symbolic
- Joseph had symbolic dreams – Gen 37:5-10
- Joseph interpreted others’ dreams – Gen 40-41
80+ occurrences in the Bible
- 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. (Gen 28:12)
- Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. (Dan 7:1)
Visions
- About 100 occurrences in the Bible
- Book of Revelation – 50+ occurrences of saw / see / vision
- … as I was among the captives … I saw visions of God. (Eze 1:1)
The Transfiguration (Jesus, Moses, Elijah) was a vision:
- And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. (Mat 17:9)
- Symbolic of eternity in glory with Jesus Christ
- Feast of tabernacles

Dreams are a ‘Night Vision’

And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. (Gen 46:2)
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, (Job 4:13)
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 20:8)
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; (Job 33:15)
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. (Isa 29:7)
Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. (Dan 2:19)
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. (Dan 7:2)
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. (Dan 7:7)
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. (Dan 7:13)
Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. (Mic 3:6)
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. (Act 16:9)
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: (Act 18:9)

Acts 2 – Dreams and Visions

Day of Pentecost – Baptism in the Holy Spirit
- … there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house … And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues … (Act 2:2,4)
… the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language … they were all amazed … What means this? Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. (Act 2:6,12-13)
But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said … these are not drunken, as ye suppose … But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel (Act 2:14-16)

Review of Tongues:

Tongues were known languages – Acts 2:3-4,11, 1 Cor 12
- Used to send forth the Gospel in 1^st century A.D.
Tongues are also symbolic
- New song of salvation – Rev 5:9, Psa 40:3, Psa 98:1
Speaking in Tongues – Sharing the Gospel (Word of God)

Review of Prophecy:

Prophecy – to speak of things to come (Word of God, hope, salvation, judgment)
Prophets wrote Old Testament – Heb 1:1-2, etc.
Gift of Prophecy in Apostolic Church for edification / truth
- Follow after love, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy … But he that prophesies speaks unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. (1Co 14:1,3)
- And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ (Eph 4:11-12)
Word of God used to edify until New Testament put into place

Signs and Wonders have Ceased

Please visit the ‘signs and wonders have ceased’ page on this website.

Signs and wonders were an ‘Apostolic’ gift during the 1^st Century A.D. – Mat 10:1, etc.
- An Apostle is a ‘Sent one’ who was a first hand witness of Jesus Christ – 1 Cor 15:7-9
- Signs and wonders validated apostolic authority – 2 Cor 12:12, Heb 2:3-4
- Signs and wonders were as also symbols of spiritual truth (Gospel) – Ro 15:19, etc.
Signs and wonders (e.g., tongues) ceased after:
- Word of God completed by Apostles – 2 Pet 3:2, Jude 17, Eph 3:3-5, 1 Cor 15:6-8, Rev 22:18, Pro 30:6, etc.

Bible is Complete

For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. (Rev 22:18-19)
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
Deut 4:2
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. (Deut 12:32)
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. (Pr 30:6)
… Forever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. (Psa 119:89)

It should be obvious from these Scriptures that we are commanded not to add to or remove from the Word of God. If we believe that the Bible is the Word of God, we should, therefore, be very careful to not tamper with it. However, we live in a day where there all types of additions and removals are done to the Bible. We find that many add to the Word of God by claiming that their visions and dreams were sent to them from God. Also, the phenomenon prophecy and speaking in tongues are also additions to the Bible. More subtle additions would include Christian psychology, traditions of man, scholarly studies that go beyond the teachings in the Bible are additions to the Bible. Also, in some parts of Christendom, other books (the Apocrypha) are added to the Bible. These hidden books in no way meet the test of being faithful to the rest of God’s Word.

The Bible is removed from by teaching false doctrine. Errors concerning what the Bible teaches obviously remove the truth from the Bible. As we saw earlier, various textual criticisms also remove from the Word of God. These scholars who propound that the Bible is not completely the Word of God, but has been revised and re-written by various editors are removing from the Word of God. Also, many people compromise the Word of God by not preaching the whole counsel of God (Acts 20:27-31, 2 Tim 4:3). In order to maintain supposed harmony, they compromise and squelch the more offensive parts of the Bible such as speaking of man’s sin or the fact of hell and damnation.

Jesus is the Word of God (John 1:1). His words have been divinely captured in the Bible and preserved for us. Once the Bible was completed, there is no more other divine communications (special revelation) through prophecy, tongues, words of wisdom / knowledge, etc.

Prophets Called ‘Seers’

(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to enquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) (1Sa 9:9)
And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? (1Sa 9:11)
Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer’s house is. (1Sa 9:18)
And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. (1Sa 9:19)
The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. (2Sa 15:27)
For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David’s seer, saying, (2Sa 24:11)
All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office. (1Ch 9:22)
And the LORD spake unto Gad, David’s seer, saying, (1Ch 21:9)
All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. (1Ch 25:5)
And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren. (1Ch 26:28)
Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, (1Ch 29:29)
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? (2Ch 9:29)
Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. (2Ch 12:15)
And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. (2Ch 16:7)
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time. (2Ch 16:10)
And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD. (2Ch 19:2)
And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. (2Ch 29:25)
Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. (2Ch 29:30)
And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. (2Ch 35:15)
Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: (Amo 7:12)

Visions Today

Dreams are ‘night visions’ – Isa 29:7, Dan 7:2, Dan 7:7, etc.
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints (Eph 1:17-18)
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2Co 4:6)
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. (Mat 13:16)

No Longer Blind:

To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. (Act 26:18)
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. (Isa 42:7)
The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves the righteous: (Psa 146:8)

Christians have a vision:

And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. (1Sa 3:1)
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he. (Pro 29:18)
The Bible as a Vision – Examples:
- The vision of Isaiah … which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem … (Isa 1:1)
- Now it came to pass … as I was among the captives … that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. (Eze 1:1)

The Bible as a Vision:

Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. (Psa 119:18)
The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. (Psa 19:8)
My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. (Pro 4:20-21)
The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. By his knowledge the depths are broken up … My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. (Pro 3:19-22)

Warnings of False Visions

… The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. (Jer 14:14)
… Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. (Jer 23:16)
Fall of Jerusalem:
- … the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. (Lam 2:9)

Dreams – Old Testament

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. (Gen 20:3)
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. (Gen 20:6)
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. (Gen 28:12)
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled. (Gen 31:10)
And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. (Gen 31:11)
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. (Gen 31:24)
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. (Gen 37:5)
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: (Gen 37:6)
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. (Gen 37:8)
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. (Gen 37:9)
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? (Gen 37:10)
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. (Gen 37:19)
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. (Gen 37:20)
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. (Gen 40:5)
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. (Gen 40:8)
And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; (Gen 40:9)
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: (Gen 40:16)
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. (Gen 41:1)
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. (Gen 41:5)
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. (Gen 41:7)
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. (Gen 41:8)
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. (Gen 41:11)
And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. (Gen 41:12)
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. (Gen 41:15)
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: (Gen 41:17)
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: (Gen 41:22)
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do. (Gen 41:25)
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. (Gen 41:26)
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. (Gen 41:32)
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. (Gen 42:9)
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. (Num 12:6)
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, (Deu 13:1)
Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. (Deu 13:3)
And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. (Deu 13:5)
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. (Jdg 7:13)
And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. (Jdg 7:15)
And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. (1Sa 28:6)
And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. (1Sa 28:15)
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. (1Ki 3:5)
And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. (1Ki 3:15)
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: (Job 7:14)
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 20:8)
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; (Job 33:15)
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. (Job 39:4)
As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. (Psa 73:20)
A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. (Psa 126:1)
For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words. (Ecc 5:3)
For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. (Ecc 5:7)
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. (Isa 29:7)
It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. (Isa 29:8)
Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. (Isa 38:16)
I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. (Jer 23:25)
Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. (Jer 23:27)
The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. (Jer 23:28)
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. (Jer 23:32)
Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: (Jer 27:9)
For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. (Jer 29:8)
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. (Dan 1:17)
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. (Dan 2:1)
Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. (Dan 2:2)
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. (Dan 2:3)
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. (Dan 2:4)
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. (Dan 2:5)
But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. (Dan 2:6)
They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. (Dan 2:7)
But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. (Dan 2:9)
The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? (Dan 2:26)
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; (Dan 2:28)
This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. (Dan 2:36)
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. (Dan 2:45)
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. (Dan 4:5)
Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream. (Dan 4:6)
Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. (Dan 4:7)
But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying, (Dan 4:8)
Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. (Dan 4:9)
This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee. (Dan 4:18)
Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. (Dan 4:19)
Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation. (Dan 5:12)
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. (Dan 7:1)
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: (Joe 2:28)
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. (Zec 10:2)

Dreams – New Testament

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. (Mat 1:20)
And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. (Mat 2:12)
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. (Mat 2:13)
But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, (Mat 2:19)
But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: (Mat 2:22)
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. (Mat 27:19)
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: (Act 2:17)
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. (Jud 1:8)

Visions – Old Testament

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. (Gen 15:1)
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. (Gen 46:2)
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. (Num 12:6)
He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: (Num 24:4)
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: (Num 24:16)
And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. (1Sa 3:1)
And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision. (1Sa 3:15)
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. (2Sa 7:17)
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. (1Ch 17:15)
Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? (2Ch 9:29)
And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. (2Ch 26:5)
Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. (2Ch 32:32)
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, (Job 4:13)
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: (Job 7:14)
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 20:8)
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; (Job 33:15)
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. (Psa 89:19)
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. (Pro 29:18)
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. (Isa 1:1)
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. (Isa 21:2)
The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? (Isa 22:1)
For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. (Isa 22:5)
But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. (Isa 28:7)
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. (Isa 29:7)
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: (Isa 29:11)
Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. (Jer 14:14)
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. (Jer 23:16)
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. (Lam 2:9)
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. (Eze 1:1)
For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. (Eze 7:13)
Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. (Eze 7:26)
And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. (Eze 8:3)
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. (Eze 8:4)
Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. (Eze 11:24)
Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? (Eze 12:22)
Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. (Eze 12:23)
For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. (Eze 12:24)
Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. (Eze 12:27)
Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken? (Eze 13:7)
To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. (Eze 13:16)
In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. (Eze 40:2)
And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. (Eze 43:3)
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. (Dan 1:17)
Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. (Dan 2:19)
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; (Dan 2:28)
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. (Dan 4:5)
Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. (Dan 4:9)
Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. (Dan 4:10)
I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; (Dan 4:13)
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. (Dan 7:1)
Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. (Dan 7:2)
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. (Dan 7:7)
I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. (Dan 7:13)
I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. (Dan 7:15)
In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. (Dan 8:1)
And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. (Dan 8:2)
Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? (Dan 8:13)
And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. (Dan 8:15)
And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. (Dan 8:16)
So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. (Dan 8:17)
And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. (Dan 8:26)
And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it. (Dan 8:27)
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. (Dan 9:21)
At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. (Dan 9:23)
Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. (Dan 9:24)
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. (Dan 10:1)
And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. (Dan 10:7)
Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. (Dan 10:8)
Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. (Dan 10:14)
And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. (Dan 10:16)
And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. (Dan 11:14)
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. (Hos 12:10)
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: (Joe 2:28)
The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. (Oba 1:1)
Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. (Mic 3:6)
The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. (Nah 1:1)
And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. (Hab 2:2)
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. (Hab 2:3)
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: (Zec 13:4)

Visions – New Testament

And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. (Mat 17:9)
And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. (Luk 1:22)
And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. (Luk 24:23)
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: (Act 2:17)
And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. (Act 9:10)
And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. (Act 9:12)
He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. (Act 10:3)
Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate (Act 10:17)
While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. (Act 10:19)
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me (Act 11:5)
And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. (Act 12:9)
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. (Act 16:9)
And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them. (Act 16:10)
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace (Act 18:9)
Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision (Act 26:19)
It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. (2Co 12:1)
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. (Rev 9:17)

Dreams and Visions Together in Scripture

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. (Num 12:6)
Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: (Job 7:14)
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 20:8)
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; (Job 33:15)
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. (Isa 29:7)
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. (Dan 1:17)
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; (Dan 2:28)
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. (Dan 4:5)
Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. (Dan 4:9)
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. (Dan 7:1)
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: (Joe 2:28)
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: (Act 2:17)

Book of Daniel – Dreams / Visions

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. (Dan 1:17)
Nebuchadnezzar’s dreams
- Great Image – Dan 2
- Tree cut down / stump with band of iron / brass – Dan 4
Daniel’s dreams / visions
- 4 Beasts – Dan 7
- Ram and He-goat – Dan 8
- Vision – kings of north and south – Dan 10-12