Genesis 8:8

The Passion Translation

Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 8:7

and released a raven. It flew back and forth from the ark until the earth was dry.

Genesis 8:9

But the dove found no place to rest, so it returned to Noah in the ark because the waters still covered the face of the earth. Noah put out his hand and grasped the dove and put it back into the ark.

Song of Solomon 1:15

My darling, you are so lovely! You are beauty itself to me. Your passionate eyes are like gentle doves.

Song of Solomon 2:14

For you are my dove, hidden in the split-open rock. It was I who took you and hid you up high in the secret stairway of the sky. Let me see your radiant face and hear your sweet voice. How beautiful your eyes of worship and lovely your voice in prayer.

Matthew 10:16

Now, remember, it is I who sends you out, even though you feel vulnerable as lambs going into a pack of wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes yet as harmless as doves.”