30 Bible Verses about doves
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Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground. But the dove found no place to set her foot, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were still on the face of the whole earth. So he put out his hand and took her and brought her into the ark with him. He waited another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.read more.
And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth. Then he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove, and she did not return to him anymore.
Even the stork in the heavens knows her times, and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming, but my people know not the rules of the LORD.
"But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the LORD as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
"If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or pigeons.
"But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two pigeons, then he shall bring as his offering for the sin that he has committed a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering. He shall put no oil on it and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.
"'And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering, and he shall offer it before the LORD and make atonement for her. Then she shall be clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, either male or female. And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons,one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.'"
also two turtledoves or two pigeons, whichever he can afford. The one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
And on the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons and come before the LORD to the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest.
On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two pigeons to the priest to the entrance of the tent of meeting,
And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons."
In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.
though you men lie among the sheepfolds-- the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.
Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of your poor forever.
And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;
Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!
We all growl like bears; we moan and moan like doves; we hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
"Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove that nests in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity.
Ephraim is like a dove, silly and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria.
they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt, and like doves from the land of Assyria, and I will return them to their homes, declares the LORD.
its mistress is stripped; she is carried off, her slave girls lamenting, moaning like doves and beating their breasts.
"Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;
And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."
And John bore witness: "I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God."
O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
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Doves » Illustrative » Of the church
I slept, but my heart was awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night."
O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
Doves » Dwells in rocks
"Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove that nests in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
Doves » Offered in sacrifice
He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
"If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or pigeons.
Doves » Illustrative » Of mourners
We all growl like bears; we moan and moan like doves; we hope for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!
Doves » Impiously sold in the court of the temple
And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.
And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade."
Doves » Illustrative » Of the holy ghost
And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;
And John bore witness: "I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him.
Doves » Sent from the ark by noah » Ge 8:8
Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.
Doves » Characterized by » Comeliness of countenance
O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
Doves » Characterized by » Sweetness of voice
O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
Doves » Characterized by » Softness of eyes
Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
Doves » Illustrative » Of the meekness of Christ
His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, bathed in milk, sitting beside a full pool.
Doves » Frequents streams and rivers
His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, bathed in milk, sitting beside a full pool.
Doves » The harbinger of spring
The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
Doves » Clean and used as food
Doves » Characterized by » Simplicity
"Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Doves » Why considered the emblem of peace
And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a freshly plucked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the earth.
Doves » Characterized by » Richness of plumage
though you men lie among the sheepfolds-- the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.
Doves » Illustrative » (in its flight,) of the return of israel from captivity
they shall come trembling like birds from Egypt, and like doves from the land of Assyria, and I will return them to their homes, declares the LORD.
Doves » Illustrative » Of converts to the church
Doves » Mournful tabering of, alluded to
its mistress is stripped; she is carried off, her slave girls lamenting, moaning like doves and beating their breasts.
Doves » Doves, a type of purity
"Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
though you men lie among the sheepfolds-- the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.
My dove, my perfect one, is the only one, the only one of her mother, pure to her who bore her. The young women saw her and called her blessed; the queens and concubines also, and they praised her.
And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;
Doves » Turtle doves, offered in sacrifice
He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
"If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or pigeons.
and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, "a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons."
On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two pigeons to the priest to the entrance of the tent of meeting,
Righteous » Compared with » Doves
though you men lie among the sheepfolds-- the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.
Rocks » Inhabited by » Doves
"Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, O inhabitants of Moab! Be like the dove that nests in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
compared to Saints » Doves
though you men lie among the sheepfolds-- the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.
Valleys » Abounded with » Doves
And if any survivors escape, they will be on the mountains, like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each one over his iniquity.
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