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Again he sent a dove from him, that he might see if the waters were diminished from off the earth.
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But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot: therefore she returned unto him into the Ark (for the waters were upon the whole earth) and he put forth his hand, and received her, and took her to him into the Ark.
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And he abode yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the Ark.
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And the dove came to him in the evening, and lo in her mouth was an olive leaf that she had plucked: whereby Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
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Notwithstanding, he waited yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him anymore.
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Then he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, a turtle dove also and a pigeon.
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So there was a great famine in Samaria: for lo, they besieged it until an asses head was at four score pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung at five pieces of silver.
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And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove: then would I fly away and rest.
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1 David being brought to Achish the king of Gath, 1 Sam. 21:12, complaineth of his enemies, demandeth succor, 3 Putteth his trust in God and in his promises, 12 And promiseth to perform his vows which he had taken upon him, whereof this was the effect, to praise God in his Church.
To him that excelleth. A Psalm of David on Michtam, concerning the dumb dove in a far country, when the Philistines took him in Gath.
Be merciful unto me, O God, for man would swallow me up: he fighteth continually and vexeth me.
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Though ye have lain among pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove that is covered with silver, and whose feathers are like yellow gold.
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Give not the soul of thy turtle dove unto the beast, and forget not the Congregation of thy poor forever.
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My love, behold, thou art fair: behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are like the doves.
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3 The Church desireth to rest under the shadow of Christ. 8 She heareth his voice. 14 She is compared to the dove. 15 And the enemies to the foxes. I am the rose of the field, and the lily of the valleys.
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My dove, that art in the holes of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, show me thy sight, let me hear thy voice: for thy voice is sweet, and thy sight comely.
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1 The praises of the Church. 7 She is without blemish in his sight. 9 The love of Christ towards her. Behold, thou art fair, my love: behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are like the doves: among thy locks thine hair is like the flock of goats, which look down from the mountain of Gilead.
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I sleep, but mine heart waketh, it is the voice of my well-beloved that knocketh, saying, Open unto me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for mine head is full of dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
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His eyes are like doves upon the rivers of waters, which are washed with milk, and remain by the full vessels.
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But my dove is alone, and my undefiled, she is the only daughter of her mother, and she is dear to her that bare her: the daughters have seen her, and counted her blessed: even the Queens and the concubines, and they have praised her.
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Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes were lifted up on high: O Lord, it hath oppressed me, comfort me.
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We roar all like bears, and mourn like doves: we look for equity, but there is none: for health, but it is far from us.
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Who are these that fly like a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
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O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rocks, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole’s mouth.
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But they that flee away from them, shall escape, and shall be in the mountains, like the doves of the valleys: all they shall mourn, every one for his iniquity.
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Ephraim also is like a dove deceived without heart: they call to Egypt: they go to Assyria.
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They shall fear as a sparrow out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria, and I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord.
