And there was a great famine in Samaria; and indeed they besieged it
until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver,
and one-fourth of a kab of dove droppings for five shekels of silver.
— 2 Kings, 6.25

And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove!
for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
— King David (c. 1085-1015 BC), Psalms, 55.6

Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings
of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
— King David (c. 1085-1015 BC), Psalms, 68.13

O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude
of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
— King David (c. 1085-1015 BC), Psalms, 74.19

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes
— Song of Solomon, 1.15

O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places
of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice;
for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
— Song of Solomon, 2.14

Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes
within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
— Song of Solomon, 4.1

I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh,
saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head
is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
— Song of Solomon, 5.2

His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters,
washed with milk, and fitly set.
— Song of Solomon, 5.12

My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother,
she is the choice one of her that bare her.
— Song of Solomon, 6.9

Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove:
mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
— Isaiah, 38.14

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment,
but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
— Isaiah, 59.11

Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
— Isaiah, 60.8

O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
and be like the dove that makes her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth.
— Jeremiah, 48.28

But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains
like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
— Ezekial, 7.16

Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
— Hosea, 7.11

They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land
of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord.
— Hosea, 11.11

And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up,
and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves,
tabering upon their breasts.
— Nahum, 2.7

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water:
and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit
of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
— Matthew, 3.16

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves:
be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
— Matthew, 10.16

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them
that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables
of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
— Matthew, 21.12

And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened,
and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
— Mark, 1.10

And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began
to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew
the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
— Mark, 11.15

And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove
upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said,
Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
— Luke, 3.22

And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending
from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
— John, 1.32

And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep
and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
— John, 2.14

And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence;
make not my Father's house an house of merchandise
— John, 2.16

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Notes on Quotes: A survey of The Complete Concordance to the Bible: New King James Version (Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville, 1983, p. 228) shows that 31 citations of "dove": Dove (19), Dove's (2), Doves (10). Web links to the Internet Sacred Text Archive are provided to Bible verses cited.

Notes on Images: The 50 lire stamp from Vatican City (Scott #548) shows "Noah's Ark, Rainbow, and Dove". The stamp (gold & multicolored) was issued on April 23, 1974 to commemorate the centenary of the Universal Postal Union. Another mosaic in Venice shows Noah releasing a dove from the Ark to discover dry land.