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<li><b>Definition:</b>
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<li>the act or power of sensing with the eyes; sight.
<li>the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be: prophetic vision; the vision of an entrepreneur.
<li>an experience in which a personage, thing, or event appears vividly or credibly to the mind, although not actually present, often under the influence of a divine or other agency: a heavenly messenger appearing in a vision. Compare hallucination ( def. 1 ) .
<li>something seen or otherwise perceived during such an experience: The vision revealed its message.
<li>a vivid, imaginative conception or anticipation: visions of wealth and glory.
<li>something seen; an object of sight.
<li>a scene, person, etc., of extraordinary beauty: The sky was a vision of red and pink. 
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<li><b>First reference:</b> Genesis 15:1<br><i>
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.</i>
<li><b>From God :</b> 
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<li>Genesis 46:2<br><i>
And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.</i>
<li>Numbers 12:6<br><i>
And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.</i>
<li>Numbers 24:4<br><i>
He hath said, which heard the words of God , which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:</i>
<li>Numbers 24:16<br><i>
He hath said, which heard the words of God , and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty , falling into a trance, but having his eyes open</i>
<li>1 Samuel 3:1<br><i>
And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.</i>
<li>2 Samuel 7:17<br><i>
According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.</i>
<li>Proverbs 29:18<br><i>
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.</i>
<li>Isaiah 1:1<br><i>
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.</i>
<li>Isaiah 6:1<br><i>
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.</i>
<li>Daniel 2:28<br><i>
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;</i>
<li>Joel 2:28<br><i>
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:</i>
<li>Matthew 17:9<br><i>
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.</i>
<li>Luke 24:23<br><i>
And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.</i>
<li>Acts 10:3<br><i>
He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.</i>
<li>Acts 18:9<br><i>
Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:</i>
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<li><b>False</b>
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<li>Jeremiah 14:14<br><i>
Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart.</i>
<li>Jeremiah 23:16<br><i>
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.</i>
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