Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'dream' occurs 85 times in the standard works.

50 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'dream' in the standard works and contain 58.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 22 minutes to read the entire list.

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Dan. 2:3-9 (9 in 7 verses)

Gen. 40:5-9 (6 in 5 verses)

Gen. 41:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

Dan. 4:5-9 (5 in 5 verses)

Gen. 37:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Dan. 4:18-19 (3 in 2 verses)

Judg. 7:13-15 (3 in 3 verses)

Jer. 23:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Dan. 7:1 (2 in 1 verse)


Gen. 31:10-11 (2 in 2 verses)

 31:10 And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

 31:11 And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.




Gen. 37:5-6 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:7-8 (2 in 2 verses)

Gen. 41:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 2:12-13 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Ne. 2:1-2 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 67 47 114
Gen. 29 19 48
Num. 1 0 1
Deut. 0 6 6
Judg. 3 1 4
1 Sam. 0 2 2
1 Kgs. 2 0 2
Job 2 1 3
Ps. 2 0 2
Eccl. 1 1 2
Isa. 1 2 3
Jer. 2 7 9
Dan. 23 6 29
Joel 1 1 2
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 7 2 9
BM 11 6 17
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 85 55 140

Gen. 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.

Gen. 20:6
And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.

Gen. 28:12
And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Gen. 31:10
And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

Gen. 31:11
And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I.

Gen. 31:24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

Gen. 37:5
And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

Gen. 37:6
And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:

Gen. 37:8
And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.

Gen. 37:9
And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

Gen. 37:10
And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

Gen. 37:19
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.

Gen. 37:20
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.

Gen. 40:5
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.

Gen. 40:8
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

Gen. 40:9
And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

Gen. 40:16
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:

Gen. 41:1
And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.

Gen. 41:5
And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

Gen. 41:7
And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.

Gen. 41:8
And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

Gen. 41:11
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

Gen. 41:12
And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

Gen. 41:15
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.

Gen. 41:17
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:

Gen. 41:22
And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:

Gen. 41:25
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.

Gen. 41:26
The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.

Gen. 41:32
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

Gen. 42:9
And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.