Quotes about Dove
Be as wise as a fox. Be as harmless as a dove.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.
— John 1:32
and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
— Luke 3:22
The preservation of a democratic civilization requires the wisdom of the serpent and the harmlessness of the dove.
— Reinhold Niebuhr
And behold, the dove returned to him in the evening with a freshly plucked olive leaf in her beak. So Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth.
— Genesis 8:11
And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
— Genesis 8:12
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
— Psalm 55:6
I looked on Jesus and the dove of peace entered my heart. I looked at the dove of peace; and lo...off he went.
— Corrie Ten Boom
But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
— Genesis 8:9
Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
— Genesis 8:10
I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
— Song of Solomon 5:2
As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.
— Matthew 3:16