Genesis 8:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Then he released a dove, to see if the waters had lessened on the earth.

Cross References

Genesis 8:7

and he released a raven. It flew back and forth until the waters dried off from the earth.

Genesis 8:9

But the dove could find no place to perch, and it returned to him in the ark, for there was water over all the earth. Putting out his hand, he caught the dove and drew it back to him inside the ark.

Song of Solomon 1:15

M How beautiful you are, my friend, how beautiful! your eyes are doves!

Song of Solomon 2:14

My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the secret recesses of the cliff, Let me see your face, let me hear your voice, For your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.”

Matthew 10:16

“Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.