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Summary
- The Bible never mentions urinating in a dream, and none of the dreams it records involves a bodily function.
- Urination appears only in passing: the King James idiom “any that pisseth against the wall,” meaning a male (1 Samuel 25:22), and the Assyrian taunt at the siege of Jerusalem (2 Kings 18:27).
- Scripture says interpretations belong to God (Genesis 40:8; 41:16) and warns against trusting dreams (Deuteronomy 13:1–3; Jeremiah 23:28; Sirach 34:6–7).
- Gregory the Great and Thomas Aquinas taught that some dreams arise from the state of the body, and Aquinas called reading the future from ordinary dreams unlawful divination.
- Cleveland Clinic explains that a filling bladder signals the brain during sleep, and sleep research shows that bodily sensations can enter dreams.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations from the English Standard Version (Genesis 40:8; 41:16; Numbers 12:6; Deuteronomy 13:1–3; 23:12–14; 1 Samuel 24:3; 25:22; 2 Kings 18:27; Jeremiah 23:28; Matthew 15:17–18) and the King James Version (1 Samuel 24:3; 25:22). References: Genesis 28:12; 37:5–10; 41; 1 Samuel 25:34; 1 Kings 14:10; 16:11; 21:21; 2 Kings 9:8; Matthew 1:20; 2:13. https://www.biblegateway.com/
- Sirach 34:6–7, Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Sirach+34&version=RSVCE
- Francis Brown, S. R. Driver and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament, “shatan.” https://biblehub.com/hebrew/8366.htm
- Gregory the Great, Dialogues, book 4, chapter 48 (1911 English translation). https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/gregory_04_dialogues_book4.htm
- Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae II-II, question 95, article 6. https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3095.htm
- Cleveland Clinic, “Bedwetting (Nocturnal Enuresis): Causes and Treatment.” https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/15075-bedwetting
- L. Salvesen, E. Capriglia, M. Dresler and G. Bernardi, “Influencing dreams through sensory stimulation: A systematic review,” Sleep Medicine Reviews 74 (2024): 101908, citing W. Dement and E. A. Wolpert, Journal of Experimental Psychology 55 (1958): 543–553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smrv.2024.101908
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