6 Then after commanding them to listen carefully, he said:

"I, the Lord, speak to prophets

in visions and dreams.

28 *Later, I will give my Spirit

to everyone.

Your sons and daughters

will prophesy.

Your old men

will have dreams,

and your young men

will see visions.

14 Peter stood with the eleven apostles and spoke in a loud and clear voice to the crowd:

Friends and everyone else living in Jerusalem, listen carefully to what I have to say! 15 You are wrong to think that these people are drunk. After all, it is only nine o’clock in the morning. 16 But this is what God told the prophet Joel to say,

17 *"When the last days come,

I will give my Spirit

to everyone.

Your sons and daughters

will prophesy.

Your young men

will see visions,

and your old men

will have dreams.

17 God made the four young men smart and wise. They read a lot of books and became well educated. Daniel could also tell the meaning of dreams and visions.

26 The king asked Daniel,* "Can you tell me my dream and what it means?"

27 Daniel answered:

Your Majesty, not even the smartest person in all the world can do what you are demanding. 28,29 But the God who rules from heaven can explain mysteries. And while you were sleeping, he showed you what will happen in the future.

8 "We each had a dream last night," they answered, "and there is no one to tell us what they mean."

Joseph replied, "Doesn’t God know the meaning of dreams? Now tell me what you dreamed."

15 The king said to him, "I had a dream, yet no one can explain what it means. I am told that you can interpret dreams."

16 "Your Majesty," Joseph answered, "I can’t do it myself, but God can give a good meaning to your dreams."

20 While Joseph was thinking about this, an angel from the Lord appeared to him in a dream. The angel said, "Joseph, the baby that Mary will have is from the Holy Spirit. Go ahead and marry her. 21 *Then after her baby is born, name him Jesus,* because he will save his people from their sins."

19 While Pilate was judging the case, his wife sent him a message. It said, "Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man. I have had nightmares because of him."

1 It seemed like a dream

when the Lord brought us back

to the city of Zion.*

3 Share your plans with the Lord,

and you will succeed.

21 We may make a lot of plans,

but the Lord will do

what he has decided.

1,2 Someday a prophet* may come along who is able to perform miracles or tell what will happen in the future. Then the prophet may say, "Let’s start worshiping some new gods—some gods that we know nothing about." 3 If the prophet says this, don’t listen! The Lord your God will be watching to find out whether or not you love him with all your heart and soul. 4 You must be completely faithful to the Lord. Worship and obey only the Lord and do this with fear and trembling,

25 These unfaithful prophets claim that I have given them a dream or a vision, and then they tell lies in my name. 26 But everything they say comes from their own twisted minds. How long can this go on?

30-32 These unfaithful prophets claim I give them their dreams, but it isn’t true. I didn’t choose them to be my prophets, and yet they babble on and on, speaking in my name, while stealing words from each other. And when my people hear these liars, they are led astray instead of being helped. So I warn you that I am now the enemy of these prophets. I, the Lord, have spoken.

3 If you keep thinking about something, you will dream about it. If you talk too much, you will say the wrong thing.

7 Respect and obey God! Daydreaming leads to a lot of senseless talk.*