He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

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

Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.

Now Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers they hated him even more.

He said to them, ‘Listen to this dream I had:

He said to them, “Hear this dream that I have dreamed:

Then he had another dream, and he told it to his brothers. ‘Listen,’ he said, ‘I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.’

Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

When he told his father as well as his brothers, his father rebuked him and said, ‘What is this dream you had? Will your mother and I and your brothers actually come and bow down to the ground before you?’

But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father rebuked him and said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?”

each of the two men – the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were being held in prison – had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.

And one night they both dreamed—the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison—each his own dream, and each dream with its own interpretation.

‘We both had dreams,’ they answered, ‘but there is no one to interpret them.’

Then Joseph said to them, ‘Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.’

They said to him, “We have had dreams, and there is no one to interpret them.” And Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Please tell them to me.”

When two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing by the Nile,

After two whole years, Pharaoh dreamed that he was standing by the Nile,

He fell asleep again and had a second dream: seven ears of corn, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.

And he fell asleep and dreamed a second time. And behold, seven ears of grain, plump and good, were growing on one stalk.

Each of us had a dream the same night, and each dream had a meaning of its own.

we dreamed on the same night, he and I, each having a dream with its own interpretation.

Pharaoh said to Joseph, ‘I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.’

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”

Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, ‘You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected.’

And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. And he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder,

“If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,

you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. The  Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For the  Lord your God is testing you, to know whether you love the  Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

That prophet or dreamer must be put to death for inciting rebellion against the  Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. That prophet or dreamer tried to turn you from the way the  Lord your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.

But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has taught rebellion against the  Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, to make you leave the way in which the  Lord your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

Gideon arrived just as a man was telling a friend his dream. ‘I had a dream,’ he was saying. ‘A round loaf of barley bread came tumbling into the Midianite camp. It struck the tent with such force that the tent overturned and collapsed.’

When Gideon came, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade. And he said, “Behold, I dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian and came to the tent and struck it so that it fell and turned it upside down, so that the tent lay flat.”

Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;
they leave and do not return.

Their young ones become strong; they grow up in the open;
they go out and do not return to them.

When the  Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dreamed.

When the  Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.

as when a hungry person dreams of eating,
but awakens hungry still;
as when a thirsty person dreams of drinking,
but awakens faint and thirsty still.
So will it be with the hordes of all the nations
that fight against Mount Zion.

As when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he is eating
and awakes with his hunger not satisfied,
or as when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he is drinking
and awakes faint, with his thirst not quenched,
so shall the multitude of all the nations be
that fight against Mount Zion.

Lord, by such things people live;
and my spirit finds life in them too.
You restored me to health
and let me live.

O Lord, by these things men live,
and in all these is the life of my spirit.
Oh restore me to health and make me live!

‘I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. They say, “I had a dream! I had a dream!”

I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in my name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’

Yes, this is what the  Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Do not let the prophets and diviners among you deceive you. Do not listen to the dreams you encourage them to have.

For thus says the  Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep.

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his spirit was troubled, and his sleep left him.

he said to them, ‘I have had a dream that troubles me and I want to know what it means.’

And the king said to them, “I had a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.”

‘And afterwards,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.

“And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.

Then he said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’ So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other.

Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.

The people were amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled made well, the lame walking and the blind seeing. And they praised the God of Israel.

so that the crowd wondered, when they saw the mute speaking the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.

He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.’

And he said to her, “Daughter your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”

Jesus answered them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill.

And Jesus answered them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.

And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.

“Your brother has come,” he replied, “and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.”

When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, ‘Do you want to get well?’

When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?”

At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked.

The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,

And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.

Now that day was the Sabbath.

But he replied, ‘The man who made me well said to me, “Pick up your mat and walk.”’

But he answered them, “The man who healed me, that man said to me, ‘Take up your bed, and walk.’”

Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, ‘See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.’

Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well! Sin no more that nothing worse may happen to you.”

The man went away and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had made him well.

The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.

then know this, you and all the people of Israel: it is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well.

for the sexually immoral, for those practising homosexuality, for slave traders and liars and perjurers – and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine

the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine,

If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,

If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness,

What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.

Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather round them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.

He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it.

This saying is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, so that they will be sound in the faith

This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,

You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.

But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine.

Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.

Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.

and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.

and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us.

Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, just as you are progressing spiritually.

Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.