- “The Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.” – Genesis 1:2 (NIV)
“The Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.”
- “Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.” – Genesis 8:8 (NIV)
“Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.”
- “He sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.” – Genesis 8:9 (NIV)
“He sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.”
- “But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.” – Genesis 8:9 (NIV)
“But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.”
- “He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.” – Genesis 8:10 (NIV)
“He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.”
- “When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.” – Genesis 8:11 (NIV)
“When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.”
- “He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.” – Genesis 8:12 (NIV)
“He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.”
- “But the dove found no place to perch and returned to him, to the ark, for the water still covered the surface of the whole earth. So he reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.” – Genesis 8:9-10 (NIV)
“But the dove found no place to perch and returned to him, to the ark, for the water still covered the surface of the whole earth. So he reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.”
- “He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.” – Genesis 8:10 (NIV)
“He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.”
- “Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.” – Genesis 8:8 (NIV)
“Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground.”
- “So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return to him anymore.” – Genesis 8:12 (NIV)
“So he waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove, which did not return to him anymore.”
- “The wings of the dove are covered with silver, its feathers with shining gold.” – Psalm 68:13 (NIV)
“The wings of the dove are covered with silver, its feathers with shining gold.”
- “Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.” – Proverbs 26:2 (NIV)
“Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.”
- “My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.” – Song of Solomon 2:14 (NIV)
“My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.”
- “I would lead you and bring you to my mother’s house— she who has taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.” – Song of Solomon 8:2 (NIV)
“I would lead you and bring you to my mother’s house— she who has taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.”
- “His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.” – Song of Solomon 5:11 (NIV)
“His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.”
- “You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.” – Psalm 51:16 (NIV)
“You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.”
- “The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.” – Matthew 21:6 (NIV)
“The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.”
- “When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:” – John 16:8 (NIV)
“When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:”
- “But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.” – Genesis 8:9 (NIV)
“But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.”
- “In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.” – Revelation 1:16 (NIV)
“In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.”
- “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” – Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV)
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.”
- “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.” – Proverbs 15:1 (NIV)
“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
- “I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” – Matthew 3:11 (NIV)
“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”
- “He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,” – Malachi 3:3 (NIV)
“He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; he will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,”
- “My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.” – Song of Solomon 2:14 (NIV)
“My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.”
- “And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” – Philippians 4:7 (NIV)
“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
- “Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.” – Song of Solomon 4:11 (NIV)
“Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride; milk and honey are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.”
- “The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” – John 3:8 (NIV)
“The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
- “The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,” – Isaiah 61:1 (NIV)
“The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,”
These verses speak of the dove’s symbolism in the Bible, representing various aspects such as peace, purity, and the Holy Spirit.
