New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Dove, The

• Clean and used as food Dt. 14:11
• Offered in sacrifice Gen. 15:9; Lev. 1:14
• Impiously sold in the court of the temple Mt. 21:12; Jn. 2:16
• Characterized by
  • Simplicity Mt. 10:16
  • Comeliness of countenance Song 2:14
  • Softness of eyes Song 1:15
  • Sweetness of voice Song 2:14
  • Richness of plumage Ps. 68:13
• Mournful tabering of, alluded to Nah. 2:7
• Dwells in rocks Song 2:14; Jer. 48:28
• Frequents streams and rivers Song 5:12
• Sent from the ark by Noah Gen. 8:8, 10, 12
• Why considered the emblem of peace Gen. 8:11
• The harbinger of spring Song 2:12
• Illustrative
  • Of the Holy Spirit Mt. 3:16; Jn. 1:32
  • Of the meekness of Christ Song 5:12
  • Of the church Song 2:14, 5:2
  • Of mourners Isa. 38:14, 59:11
  • Of converts to the church Isa. 60:8
  • (In its flight,) of the return of Israel from captivity Hos. 11:11