Ecc 5:7, Jer 23:25-26, Zec 10:2, Joh 3:19-21 | ESV | STEP | For when dreams increase and words grow many , there is vanity ; but God is the one you must fear .

Ecclesiastes 5:7

7 For when dreams increase and words grow many, there is vanity; ^{▼▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verse 10 (see note on 1:2)} but ^{▼▼Or For when dreams and vanities increase, words also grow many; but} ^cGod is the one you must fear.

Jeremiah 23:25-26

25 I have heard what the prophets have said ^dwho prophesy lies in my name, saying, ^e‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’ 26 How long shall there be lies in the heart of ^fthe prophets who prophesy lies, and who prophesy the deceit of their own heart,

Zechariah 10:2

2 For ^gthe household gods ^hutter nonsense,
and the diviners see lies;
ⁱthey tell false dreams
and give empty consolation.
Therefore ^jthe people wander like sheep;
they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.

John 3:19-21

19 ^kAnd this is the judgment: ^lthe light has come into the world, and ^mpeople loved the darkness rather than the light because ⁿtheir works were evil. 20 ^oFor everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, ^plest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever ^qdoes what is true ^rcomes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”