After this, Abram had a vision and heard the LORD say to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I will shield you from danger and give you a great reward."

The LORD said to him, "Your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land; they will be slaves there and will be treated cruelly for four hundred years.

But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" He answered, "Yes, here I am."

and the LORD said, "Now hear what I have to say! When there are prophets among you, I reveal myself to them in visions and speak to them in dreams.

Who can hear what God is saying. With staring eyes I see in a trance A vision from Almighty God.

As long as Zechariah, his religious adviser, was living, he served the LORD faithfully, and God blessed him.

Like a nightmare it disturbed my sleep.

Although God speaks again and again, no one pays attention to what he says.

At night when people are asleep, God speaks in dreams and visions.

Then that same night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he praised the God of heaven:

There was a believer in Damascus named Ananias. He had a vision, in which the Lord said to him, "Ananias!" "Here I am, Lord," he answered.

It was about three o'clock one afternoon when he had a vision, in which he clearly saw an angel of God come in and say to him, "Cornelius!"

That night Paul had a vision in which he saw a Macedonian standing and begging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us!"

Some time later God tested Abraham; he called to him, "Abraham!" And Abraham answered, "Yes, here I am!"

"This is strange," he thought. "Why isn't the bush burning up? I will go closer and see."

When the LORD saw that Moses was coming closer, he called to him from the middle of the bush and said, "Moses! Moses!" He answered, "Yes, here I am."

the LORD called Samuel. He answered, "Yes, sir!"

The LORD came and stood there, and called as he had before, "Samuel! Samuel!" Samuel answered, "Speak; your servant is listening."

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?"

A voice said to him, "Get up, Peter; kill and eat!"