SHRINKING
Biblical dream symbol meaning
How shrinking appeared in your dream
Dreaming of yourself shrinking or becoming smaller — Represents a season of humbling, loss of influence, or diminishing spiritual strength. This may signal God's call to humility or warn against pride being brought low, as scripture states that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
1 Samuel 2:7James 4:6Luke 14:11
Seeing objects or possessions shrinking in a dream — Symbolizes decrease in material wealth, worldly resources, or temporal things losing their importance. This may indicate God redirecting focus from earthly treasures to heavenly treasures or a warning of coming lack.
Matthew 6:19-20Haggai 1:6Proverbs 23:5
Dreaming of enemies or problems shrinking — Represents God diminishing opposition, reducing the threat of adversaries, or making mountains become small in His presence. This symbolizes divine intervention where challenges that seemed insurmountable are made insignificant by God's power.
Isaiah 40:41 Samuel 17:45-47Zechariah 4:7
Possible biblical meanings
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