And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I [am] your shield. Your reward shall be very great.

And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and behold, a great gloomy terror fell upon him.

And God came to Abimelech by night in his sleep, and said, Behold, you'll die for the woman whom you have taken, for she has lived with a husband.

And God said to him in his sleep, Yes, I knew that you did this with a pure heart, and I spared you, so that you should not sin against Me, therefore I did not let you touch her.

But now return the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and [he] shall pray for you, and you shall live; but if you restore her not, know that you and all yours shall die.

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and told it to his brothers.

I thought you were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and my sheaf stood up and was erected, and your sheaves turned round, and bowed down to my sheaf.

And he dreamed another dream, and told it to his father, and to his brothers, and said, Behold, I have dreamed another dream: and this time, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to me.

And his brothers envied him; but his father observed the saying.

And it came to pass after these things, that the chief cupbearer of the king of Egypt and the chief baker trespassed against their lord, the king of Egypt.

So he put them in custody, into the prison, into the place where Joseph was confined.

And they both had a dream in one night; and the vision of the dream of the chief cupbearer and chief baker, who belonged to the king of Egypt, who were in the prison, was this:

So he asked the eunuchs of Pharaoh who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that you look so sad today?

And the chief cupbearer related his dream to Joseph, and said, In my dream a vine was before me.

And the cup of Pharaoh was in my hand; and I took the bunch of grapes, and squeezed it into the cup, and gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

Yet three days and Pharaoh shall remember your position, and he shall restore you to your place of chief cupbearer, and you shall give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, according to your former high place, as you were his cupbearer.

For surely I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here I have done nothing, but they have cast me into this pit.

And in the upper basket there was the work of the baker of every kind [of bread] which Pharaoh eats; and the birds of the air ate them out of the basket that was on my head.

Yet three days, and Pharaoh shall lift up your head from off you, and shall hang you from a tree, and the birds of the sky shall eat your flesh from off of you.

And he restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

And He said to them, Hear My words: If there should be a prophet among you of the Lord, I will be made known to him in a vision, and in sleep will I speak to him.

But if there had been any truth in your words, none of these evils would have befallen you. Shall not my ear receive excellent [revelations] from Him?

horror and trembling seized me, and caused all my bones greatly to shake.

I arose and perceived it not. I looked, and there was no form before my eyes: but I only heard a breath and a voice, saying,

Since he trusts not in his servants, and perceives perverseness in his angels.

And from the morning to evening they no longer exist- they have perished, because they cannot help themselves.

[sending] a dream, or in the meditation of the night (as when a dreadful alarm happens to fall upon men, while sleeping on the bed),

then He opens the understanding of men: He scares them with such fearful visions;

In the second year of [his] reign Nebuchadnezzar dreamed a dream, and his spirit was amazed, and his sleep departed from him.

And the king said to them, I have dreamed, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.

The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing has departed from me: if you do not make known to me the dream and the interpretation, you shall be destroyed, and your houses shall be spoiled.

They answered the second time, and said, Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare the interpretation.

If then you do not tell me the dream, I know that you have conspired to utter before me a false and corrupt tale, until the time has past: now tell me my dream, and I shall know that you will also declare to me its interpretation.

For the question which the king asks is difficult, and there is no one else who shall answer it before the king, but the gods, whose dwelling is not with any flesh.

So the decree went forth, and they began to destroy the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to destroy [them].

Chief magistrate of the king, why has this shameless command proceeded from the king? So Arioch made known the matter to Daniel.

So Daniel went into his house, and made known the matter to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his friends.

Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision; and Daniel blessed the God of heaven, and said,

And He changes times and seasons; He appoints kings, and removes [them], giving wisdom to the wise, and prudence to them that have understanding.

I give thanks to You, and praise [You], O God of my fathers, for You have given me wisdom and power, and have made known to me the things which we asked of You; and You have made known to me the king's vision.

Then Arioch in haste brought Daniel in before the king, and said to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judea, who will declare the interpretation to the king.

And Daniel answered before the king, and said, The mystery of which the king asks is not [in the power] of the wise men, magicians, enchanters, [or] soothsayers to declare to the king.

O king: your thoughts upon your bed arose [as to] what must come to pass hereafter: and He that reveals mysteries has made known to you what must come to pass.

You, O king, were watching; and behold, an image: that image was great, and the appearance of it [was] excellent, standing before your face; and its form was awesome.

its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay.

Then once for all the clay, the iron, the brass, the silver, and the gold were ground into powder, and became as chaff from the summer threshing floor. And the violence of the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them. And the stone which had struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.

You, O king, are a king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given a powerful and strong and honorable kingdom,

You are the head of gold. And after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours, and a third kingdom which is the brass, which shall have dominion over all the earth;

And whereas you saw the feet and the toes, partly of clay, and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet there shall be in it of the strength of iron, as you saw the iron mixed with the clay.

Whereas you saw the iron mixed with the clay, they shall be mingled with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave together, as the iron does not mix itself with the clay.

Whereas you saw that a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands, and it beat to pieces the clay, the iron, the brass, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what must happen hereafter: and the dream is true, and its interpretation is sure.

And the king answered and said to Daniel, Truly your God is a God of gods, and Lord of kings, who reveals mysteries; for you have been able to reveal this mystery.

And Daniel asked of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel was in the king's palace.

King Nebuchadnezzar, to all nations, tribes, and tongues that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.

how great and mighty [they are]; His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His power to all generations.

I saw a vision and it terrified me, and I was troubled on my bed, and the visions of my head troubled me.

So the enchanters, magicians, soothsayers, [and] Chaldeans came in, and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me its interpretation;

O Belteshazzar, chief of the enchanters, of whom I know that the Holy Spirit of God is in you, and no mystery is too hard for you, hear the vision of my dream which I had, and tell me the interpretation of it.

The tree grew large and strong, and its height reached to the sky, and its extent to the extremity of the whole earth;

I beheld in the night vision upon my bed, and behold, a watcher and a holy one came down from heaven and cried aloud, and thus he said,

Only leave the stump of its roots in the earth, and [bind it] with an iron and brass band; and it shall lie in the outer grass, and in the dew of heaven, and its portion [shall be] with the wild beasts in the grass of the field.

The matter is by the decree of the watcher, and the demand is a word of the holy ones; that the living may known that the Lord is Most High [over] the kingdom of men, and He will give it to whomever He will, and sets it over the lowest of men.

Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was amazed about one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. And Belteshazzar answered and said, [My] lord, let the dream concern those that hate you, and the interpretation of it to your enemies.

and whose leaves were flourishing, and its fruit abundant, (and it was food for all; under it the wild beasts lodged, and the birds of the sky took shelter in its branches)

And whereas the king saw a watcher and a holy one coming down from heaven, and he said, Strip the tree, and destroy it; only leave the stump of its roots in the ground, and [bind it] with a band of iron and brass; and it shall lie in the outer grass, and in the dew of heaven, and its portion shall be with wild beasts, until seven times have passed over it.

and they shall drive you forth from men, and your dwelling shall be with the wild beasts, and they shall feed you with grass like an ox, and you shall have your lodging under the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High is Lord of the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever He chooses.

Therefore, O king, let my counsel please you, and atone for your sins by alms, and [your] iniquities by compassion on the poor; [perhaps] God will be longsuffering toward your trespasses.

After the twelfth month, as he walked in his palace in Babylon,

While the word was yet in the king's mouth, there came a voice from heaven, [saying], King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken, The kingdom has departed from you.

In the same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he was driven forth from men, and he ate grass like an ox, and his body was bathed with the dew of heaven, until his hair had grown like the [hair] of a lion, and his nails as birds' [claws].

All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and He does according to His will in the host of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who shall withstand His power, and say to Him, What have You done?

Now therefore, I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and greatly exalt and glorify the King of heaven; for all His works are true, and His paths are judgment: and all that walk in pride He is able to abase.

In the first year of Belteshazzar, king of the Chaldeans Daniel had a dream, and visions of his head upon his bed: and he wrote his dream.

But while he was thinking about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take unto [you] Mary your wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.

And having been divinely instructed in a dream not to return to Herod, they withdrew into their own country by another way.

Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise, and take along the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is about to seek the young Child to destroy Him."

Now after Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

God, who in various ways and in many ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,

And Jacob departed for his journey; and having looked up, he saw the host of God encamped; and the angels of God met him.

And Jacob said, when he saw them, This is the Camp of God; and he called the name of that place, Encampments.

For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout all the earth, to strengthen every heart that is perfect toward Him. In this you have done foolishly; henceforth there shall be war with you.

Fear not; for I am with you; wander not; for I am your God, who has strengthened you; and I have helped you, and have established you with My righteous right hand.

And He said to him, "Most assuredly I say to you, from now on you shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."

At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be reckoned to them.

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fulfilled, and all the Gentiles might hear, and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

Are they not all ministering spirits being sent out to minister for the sake of those who are about to inherit salvation?