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In the biblical context, "vision" refers to a supernatural revelation or insight given by God to individuals, often through dreams or direct communication. These visions serve as a means for God to convey His will, guidance, and future events to His people. Throughout the Scriptures, visions play a significant role in the unfolding of God's redemptive plan.

Old Testament

Visions are prevalent in the Old Testament, where prophets and patriarchs often received divine messages through this medium. One of the earliest instances is found in Genesis 15:1, where God appears to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward." This vision reassures Abram of God's protection and promises.

The prophet Samuel, as a young boy, received a vision from the Lord, marking the beginning of his prophetic ministry (1 Samuel 3:1-15). Similarly, Isaiah's prophetic call is marked by a vision of the Lord seated on a high and exalted throne (Isaiah 6:1-8). Ezekiel's ministry is also characterized by vivid and symbolic visions, such as the vision of the valley of dry bones, which symbolizes the restoration of Israel (Ezekiel 37:1-14).

New Testament

In the New Testament, visions continue to be a significant means of divine communication. The apostle Peter receives a vision in Acts 10:9-16, where a sheet filled with various animals descends from heaven, symbolizing the inclusion of Gentiles in the early Christian community. This vision leads to the pivotal moment of Peter's encounter with Cornelius, a Gentile centurion, and the subsequent outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Gentiles (Acts 10:44-48).

The apostle Paul also experiences visions that guide his missionary efforts. In Acts 16:9-10, Paul receives a vision of a man from Macedonia pleading for help, prompting him to travel to Macedonia and spread the Gospel there. Additionally, Paul recounts a vision of being caught up to the third heaven, where he hears inexpressible things (2 Corinthians 12:1-4).

The Book of Revelation, written by the apostle John, is a series of apocalyptic visions that reveal the ultimate triumph of God over evil. John describes his vision of the risen Christ, the messages to the seven churches, and the unfolding of end-time events (Revelation 1:9-20).

Purpose and Significance

Visions in the Bible serve multiple purposes. They provide guidance, encouragement, and correction to individuals and communities. They reveal God's plans and purposes, often offering a glimpse into the future. Visions also affirm the authority and calling of prophets and apostles, as seen in the ministries of Isaiah, Ezekiel, and Paul.

Moreover, visions underscore the reality of the spiritual realm and God's active involvement in human history. They remind believers of the sovereignty of God and His ultimate control over the course of events. As such, visions are a testament to God's desire to communicate with His people and to lead them according to His divine will.

Discernment and Testing

While visions are a legitimate means of divine communication, the Bible also warns of false visions and prophets. Jeremiah 23:16 cautions, "This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.'" Therefore, discernment and testing of visions are essential, as emphasized in 1 John 4:1, which instructs believers to "test the spirits to see whether they are from God."

In summary, visions are a profound and dynamic aspect of biblical revelation, serving as a conduit for God's communication with humanity. They are integral to understanding the unfolding of God's purposes and the advancement of His kingdom.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Vision

A supernatural presentation of certain scenery or circumstances to the mind of a person either while awake or asleep, Isaiah 6:1-13 Ezekiel 1:1-28 Daniel 8:1-27 Acts 26:13. See DREAM.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Luke 1:22), a vivid apparition, not a dream (Comp. Luke 24:23; Acts 26:19; 2 Corinthians 12:1).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.

2. (n.) The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.

3. (v.) That which is seen; an object of sight.

4. (v.) Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of Isaiah.

5. (v.) Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.

6. (v. t.) To see in a vision; to dream.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

VALLEY OF VISION

(ge' chizzayon): A symbolic name generally understood to signify Jerusalem as being the home of prophetic vision (Isaiah 22:1, 5).

VISION

vizh'-un (chazon, chizzayon, mar'ah; horama, optasia): Psychologists find that man is prevailingly and persistently "eye-minded." That is, in his waking life he is likely to think, imagine and remember in terms of vision. Naturally then, his dreaming is predominantly visual; so strongly visual, we are told, that it is not rare to find dreams defined as "trains of fantastic images." Whether man was made this way in order that God might communicate with him through dreams and visions is hardly worth debating; if the records of human life, in the Bible and out of it, are to be trusted at all, there is nothing better certified than that God has communicated with man in this way (Psalm 89:19 Proverbs 29:18; compare Amos 8:11, 12 Hosea 12:10). If one is disposed to regard the method as suited only to primitive peoples and superstitious natures, it still remains true that the experience is one associated with lives and characters of the most saintly and exalted kind (1 Samuel 3:1 Jeremiah 1:11 Ezekiel 1:1 Daniel 2:19 Acts 9:10; Acts 10:3; Acts 16:9).

The vision may come in one's waking moments (Daniel 10:7 Acts 9:7); by day (Cornelius, Acts 10:3; Peter, Acts 10:9;; compare Numbers 24:4, 16) or night (Jacob, Genesis 46:2); but commonly under conditions of dreaming (Numbers 12:6 Job 4:13 Daniel 4:9). The objects of vision, diverse and in some instances strange as they are, have usually their points of contact with experiences of the daily life. Thus Isaiah's vision of the seraphim (Isaiah 6:2) was doubtless suggested by familiar figures used in the decoration of the temple at Jerusalem; Paul's "man of Macedonia" (Acts 16:9) had its origin in some poor helot whom Paul had seen on the streets of Troas and who embodied for him the pitiful misery of the regions across the sea; and "Jacob's ladder" (Genesis 28:12) was but a fanciful development of the terraced land which he saw sun-glorified before him as he went to sleep. Among the recurring objects of vision are natural objects-rivers, mountains, trees, animals-with which man has daily and hourly association.

The character of the revelation through vision has a double aspect in the Biblical narrative. In one aspect it proposes a revelation for immediate direction, as in the ease of Abram (Genesis 15:2 and frequently); Lot (Genesis 19:15); Balaam (Numbers 22:22), and Peter (Acts 12:7). In another aspect it deals with the development of the Kingdom of God as conditioned by the moral ideals of the people; such are the prophetic visions of Isaiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, and Micah, and the apoealypses of Daniel and John. The revelation for immediate direction has many correspondences in the life of the devout in all ages; the prophetic vision, dealing in a penetrating way with the sources of national growth and decay, has its nearest approach in the deliverances of publicists and statesmen who are persuaded that the laws of God, as expressed in self-control, truth, justice, and brotherly love, are supreme, and that the nations which disregard them are marked for ultimate and speedy extinction.

From the nature of the vision as an instrument of divine communication, the seeing of visions is naturally associated with revivals of religion (Ezekiel 12:21-25 Joel 2:28; compare Acts 2:17), and the absence of visions with spiritual decline (Isaiah 29:11, 12 Lamentations 2:9 Ezekiel 7:26 Micah 3:6).

One may see visions without being visionary in the bad sense of that word. The outstanding characters to whom visions were vouchsafed in the history of Israel-Abraham, Moses, Jacob, David, Isaiah, Jesus and Paul-were all men of action as well as sentiment, and it is manifest from any fair reading of their lives that their work was helped and not hindered by this aspect of their fellowship with God. For always the vision emphasizes the play of a spiritual world; the response of a man's spirit to the appeal of that world; and the ordering of both worlds by an "intelligent and compelling Power able to communicate Himself to man and apparently supremely interested in the welfare of man.

Charles M. Stuart

Greek

3706. horasis -- the act of seeing, a vision, appearance
... the act of seeing, a vision, appearance. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration:
horasis Phonetic Spelling: (hor'-as-is) Short Definition: a sight ...
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3705. horama -- that which is seen
... that which is seen. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: horama Phonetic
Spelling: (hor'-am-ah) Short Definition: a spectacle, vision Definition: a ...
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3701. optasia -- an appearing
... an appearing. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: optasia Phonetic Spelling:
(op-tas-ee'-ah) Short Definition: a vision, supernatural appearance ...
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1798. enupnion -- a dream
... a dream. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: enupnion Phonetic Spelling:
(en-oop'-nee-on) Short Definition: a dream, vision Definition: a dream, vision ...
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3789. ophis -- a snake
... Probably from optanomai (through the idea of sharpness of vision); a snake,
figuratively, (as a type of sly cunning) an artful malicious person, especially ...
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1506. eilikrines -- judged by sunlight, unalloyed, pure
... 1506 (from , "" and 2929 , "to judge") -- properly, judged because seen in ;
(figuratively) in the , ie with (spiritual vision) which results in (discernment). ...
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1385. dokos -- a beam of timber
... plank (Moffatt); a pole sticking out grotesquely" (, 1, 60); (figuratively) a huge
log (like a plank used in a house) that completely obstructs someone's vision ...
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5186. tuphloo -- to blind, to make blind
... 5187 , "having a cloudy perspective," see dictionary) -- properly, blowing smoke
which causes (spiritual) blindness, ie experiencing "clouded vision." See 5187 ...
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990. blemma -- a look
... seeing. From blepo; vision (properly concrete; by implication, abstract) -- seeing.
see GREEK blepo. (blemmati) -- 1 Occurrence. 989, 990. blemma. 991 . ...
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3790. ophrus -- an eyebrow
... Perhaps from optanomai (through the idea of the shading or proximity to the organ
of vision); the eye-"brow" or forehead, ie (figuratively) the brink of a ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4236. machazeh -- a vision
... 4235, 4236. machazeh. 4237 . a vision. Transliteration: machazeh Phonetic
Spelling: (makh-az-eh') Short Definition: vision. Word ...
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2384. chizzayon -- vision
... 2383, 2384. chizzayon. 2385 . vision. Transliteration: chizzayon Phonetic
Spelling: (khiz-zaw-yone') Short Definition: vision. Word ...
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2377. chazon -- vision
... 2376, 2377. chazon. 2378 . vision. Transliteration: chazon Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-zone') Short Definition: vision. Word Origin ...
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2380. chazuth -- vision, conspicuousness
... chazuth. 2381 . vision, conspicuousness. Transliteration: chazuth Phonetic Spelling:
(khaw-zooth') Short Definition: conspicuous. ... agreement, notable one, vision ...
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4758. mareh -- sight, appearance, vision
... 4757, 4758. mareh. 4759 . sight, appearance, vision. Transliteration: mareh
Phonetic Spelling: (mar-eh') Short Definition: appearance. ...
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2376. chezu -- vision, appearance
... 2375, 2376. chezu. 2377 . vision, appearance. Transliteration: chezu Phonetic
Spelling: (khay'-zev) Short Definition: visions. ... look, vision. ...
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2378. chazoth -- vision
... chazoth. 2379 . vision. Transliteration: chazoth Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-zooth')
Short Definition: visions. ... vision. From chazah; a revelation -- vision. ...
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4759. mar'ah -- vision
mar'ah. 4758, 4759. mar'ah. 4759a . vision. Transliteration: mar'ah Phonetic
Spelling: (mar-aw') Short Definition: glass. looking glass, vision ...
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4759a. marah -- vision
... marah. 4759b . vision. Transliteration: marah Short Definition: vision. Word Origin
from raah Definition vision NASB Word Usage vision (6), visions (5). ...
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2383. Chezyon -- "vision," an Aramean (Syrian)
... 2382, 2383. Chezyon. 2384 . "vision," an Aramean (Syrian). Transliteration:
Chezyon Phonetic Spelling: (khez-yone') Short Definition: Hezion. ...
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Library

The vision
... THE VISION. ... c. xi. v.14. It is our present design to hold the torch of interpretation
to the first vision of the sealed ones, which regards their preservation. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mede/a key to the apocalypse/the vision .htm

A Glorious vision.
... A Glorious Vision. ... However this coming triumph for Him who was made a little lower
than the angels is not the glorious vision of this chapter. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gaebelein/the lord of glory/a glorious vision.htm

Vision and SerVice
... VISION AND SERVICE. ... WE may deal with this text as falling into three parts:
the vision, its effect on the prophet, and his commission. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/vision and service.htm

Vision of the Deity.
... EXPOSITION OF THE APOCALYPSE. Vision of the Deity. ... It was doubtless an appearance
of an aperture in the sky above, through which the revelator saw the vision. ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/vision of the deity.htm

A vision of Jesus.
... The Transfiguration: An Emergency Measure A Vision of Jesus. ... It was a vision of Jesus
that turned the tide. There's nothing to be compared with that. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gordon/quiet talks about jesus/a vision of jesus.htm

'The Heavenly vision'
... THE ACTS CHAP. XIII TO END 'THE HEAVENLY VISION'. 'Whereupon, O King Agrippa,
I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision.' Acts 26:19. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture the acts/the heavenly vision.htm

An Obscured vision
... AN OBSCURED VISION. (Preached at the opening of the Winona Lake Bible Conference.)
TEXT: "Where there is no vision, the people perish.""Proverbs 29:18. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chapman/and judas iscariot/an obscured vision.htm

A vision of the King.
... A Vision of the King. ONE of the most blessed occupations for the believer
is the prayerful searching of God's holy Word to discover ...
//christianbookshelf.org/gaebelein/the lord of glory/a vision of the king.htm

Vision of Christ.
... EXPOSITION OF THE APOCALYPSE. Vision of Christ. "And I turned to see the
voice, that spoke with me. And having turned, I saw seven ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/vision of christ.htm

The vision of Creation
... GENESIS THE VISION OF CREATION. 'And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness; and let them have dominion over ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the vision of creation.htm

Thesaurus

Vision (106 Occurrences)
... 5. (v.) Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy. 6. (vt) To see
in a vision; to dream. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. VALLEY OF VISION. ...
/v/vision.htm - 45k

Night-vision (2 Occurrences)
Night-vision. Night-time, Night-vision. Night-visions . Multi-Version
Concordance Night-vision (2 Occurrences). Genesis ...
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Trance (7 Occurrences)
... the trances of Peter and Paul, Acts 10:10; 11:5; 22:17, ecstasies, "a preternatural,
absorbed state of mind preparing for the reception of the vision", (Comp. ...
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Visions (43 Occurrences)
... Numbers 12:6 And He said: 'Hear now My words: if there be a prophet among you, I
the LORD do make Myself known unto him in a vision, I do speak with him in a ...
/v/visions.htm - 20k

Gabriel (5 Occurrences)
... Champion of God, used as a proper name to designate the angel who was sent to Daniel
(8:16) to explain the vision of the ram and the he-goat, and to ...
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Pertains (14 Occurrences)
... 17 So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on
my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to ...
/p/pertains.htm - 10k

Chebar (8 Occurrences)
... ke'-bar (kebhar, "joining" (Young), "length" (Strong); Chobar): The river by the
side of which his first vision was vouchsafed to Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:1). It is ...
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See (8256 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note
with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to ...
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Siddim (3 Occurrences)
... drawn from incidental references in the scene (Genesis 13:1-13) describing the parting
of Lot and Abram, and again in the account of Moses' vision from Pisgah ...
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Concerns (20 Occurrences)
... 17 So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on
my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to ...
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Resources

What are vision boards, and are they biblical? | GotQuestions.org

What is Federal Vision Theology? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that without vision the people perish? | GotQuestions.org

Vision: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Vision (106 Occurrences)

Matthew 17:9
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.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 1:22
When he came out, he could not speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple. He continued making signs to them, and remained mute.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 24:23
and when they didn't find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 7:31
And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of the Lord,
(DBY)

Acts 9:10
Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 9:12
and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in, and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight."
(WEB KJV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Acts 10:3
At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, "Cornelius!"
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 10:17
Now while Peter was very perplexed in himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, behold, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 10:19
While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men seek you.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 11:5
"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 12:9
And he went out and followed him. He didn't know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 16:9
A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us."
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 16:10
When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 18:9
The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 26:19
"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 12:21
And the vision was so overpowering that even Moses said, I am shaking and full of fear.
(BBE)

1 John 5:20
And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
(BBE)

Revelation 9:17
Thus I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red, hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 16:13
And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?
(BBE)

Genesis 16:14
So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.
(BBE)

Genesis 26:2
And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:
(BBE)

Genesis 26:24
That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.
(BBE)

Genesis 35:7
And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother.
(BBE)

Genesis 46:2
God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, "Jacob, Jacob!" He said, "Here I am."
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 48:3
And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,
(BBE)

Numbers 12:6
He said, "Hear now my words. If there is a prophet among you, I Yahweh will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 24:4
he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 24:16
he says, who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the Most High, and who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 3:1
The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. The word of Yahweh was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 3:15
Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 7:17
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Kings 3:5
In Gibeon, Solomon had a vision of the Lord in a dream by night; and God said to him, Say what I am to give you.
(BBE)

1 Kings 9:2
The Lord came to him again in a vision, as he had done at Gibeon;
(BBE)

1 Kings 11:9
And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had twice come to him in a vision;
(BBE)

1 Chronicles 17:15
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Chronicles 1:7
In that night God came to Solomon in a vision, and said to him, Say what I am to give you.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 7:12
Now the Lord came to Solomon in a vision by night, and said to him, I have given ear to your prayer, and have taken this place for myself as a house where offerings are to be made.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 26:5
He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God: and as long as he sought Yahweh, God made him to prosper.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

2 Chronicles 32:32
Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 20:8
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found. Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbering on the bed;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 89:19
Then you spoke in vision to your saints, and said, "I have bestowed strength on the warrior. I have exalted a young man from the people.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 29:18
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
(KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Isaiah 1:1
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.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 21:2
A grievous vision is declared to me. The treacherous man deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, Elam; attack! I have stopped all of Media's sighing.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 22:1
The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 22:5
For it is a day of confusion, and of treading down, and of perplexity, from the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, in the valley of vision; a breaking down of the walls, and a crying to the mountains."
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Isaiah 28:7
They also reel with wine, and stagger with strong drink. The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink. They are swallowed up by wine. They stagger with strong drink. They err in vision. They stumble in judgment.
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Isaiah 29:7
The multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all who fight against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, will be like a dream, a vision of the night.
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Isaiah 29:11
All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, "Read this, please;" and he says, "I can't, for it is sealed:"
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Jeremiah 14:14
Then Yahweh said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I didn't send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I to them: they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.
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Jeremiah 23:16
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, Don't listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of Yahweh.
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Jeremiah 24:1
The Lord gave me a vision, and I saw two baskets full of figs put in front of the Temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, had taken prisoner Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the chiefs of Judah, and the expert workmen and metal-workers from Jerusalem, and had taken them to Babylon.
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Jeremiah 38:21
But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:
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Lamentations 2:9
Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars: Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is not; Yes, her prophets find no vision from Yahweh.
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Ezekiel 7:13
For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude of it, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.
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Ezekiel 7:26
Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be on rumor; and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.
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Ezekiel 8:4
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.
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Ezekiel 11:24
The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
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Ezekiel 12:22
Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?
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Ezekiel 12:23
Tell them therefore, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but tell them, The days are at hand, and the fulfillment of every vision.
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Ezekiel 12:24
For there shall be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
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Ezekiel 12:27
Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he sees is for many day to come, and he prophesies of times that are far off.
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Ezekiel 13:7
Haven't you seen a false vision, and haven't you spoken a lying divination, in that you say, Yahweh says; but I have not spoken?
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Ezekiel 13:16
to wit, the prophets of Israel who prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, says the Lord Yahweh.
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Ezekiel 21:29
while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, whose day is come in the time of the iniquity of the end.
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Ezekiel 43:3
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 on my face.
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Ezekiel 43:10
You, son of man, give the children of Israel an account of this house, so that they may be shamed because of their evil-doing: and let them see the vision of it and its image.
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Daniel 1:17
Now as for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.
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Daniel 2:19
Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
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Daniel 2:45
Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall happen hereafter: and the dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.
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Daniel 4:10
Thus were the visions of my head on my bed: I saw, and behold, a tree in the midst of the earth; and its height was great.
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Daniel 4:11
become great hath the tree, yea, strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to the end of the whole land;
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Daniel 4:20
The tree that thou hast seen, that hath become great and strong, and its height doth reach to the heavens, and its vision to all the land,
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Daniel 4:23
And as for the vision which the king saw of a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven, saying, Let the tree be cut down and given to destruction;
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Daniel 7:2
Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the sky broke forth on the great sea.
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Daniel 7:7
After this I saw in the night visions, and, behold, a fourth animal, awesome and powerful, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth; it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with its feet: and it was diverse from all the animals that were before it; and it had ten horns.
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Daniel 8:1
In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, even to me, Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first.
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Daniel 8:2
I saw in the vision; now it was so, that when I saw, I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in the vision, and I was by the river Ulai.
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Daniel 8:8
And the young he-goat hath exerted itself very much, and when it is strong, broken hath been the great horn; and come up doth a vision of four in its place, at the four winds of the heavens.
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Daniel 8:15
It happened, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, that I sought to understand it; and behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
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Daniel 8:16
I heard a man's voice between the banks of the Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
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Daniel 8:17
So he came near where I stood; and when he came, I was frightened, and fell on my face: but he said to me, Understand, son of man; for the vision belongs to the time of the end.
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Daniel 8:19
He said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in the latter time of the indignation; for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.
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Daniel 8:26
The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true: but seal up the vision; for it belongs to many days to come.
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Daniel 8:27
I, Daniel, fainted, and was sick certain days; then I rose up, and did the king's business: and I wondered at the vision, but none understood it.
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Daniel 9:21
yes, while I was speaking in prayer, 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 offering.
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Daniel 9:23
At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went forth, and I have come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.
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Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
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Daniel 10:1
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
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Daniel 10:7
I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn't see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.
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Daniel 10:8
So 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.
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Daniel 10:14
Now I have come to make you understand what shall happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision is yet for many days:
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Daniel 10:16
Behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke and said to him who stood before me, my lord, by reason of the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I retain no strength.
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Daniel 11:14
In those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the children of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
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Hosea 12:10
I have also spoken to the prophets, and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.
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Obadiah 1:1
The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord Yahweh says about Edom. We have heard news from Yahweh, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, "Arise, and let's rise up against her in battle.
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Micah 1:1
The word of the Lord which came to Micah the Morashtite, in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah: his vision about Samaria and Jerusalem.
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Micah 3:6
"Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.
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Subtopics

Vision

Vision of Abraham: Concerning his Descendants

Vision of Amos of a Plumb-Line

Vision of Amos of Fire

Vision of Amos of Grasshoppers

Vision of Amos of Summer Fruit

Vision of Amos of the Temple

Vision of Ananias of Christ

Vision of Balaam in a Trance

Vision of Cornelius, the Centurion of an Angel

Vision of Daniel of the Ancient of Days