Pray against the love of dress, that sin that diverts the mind of so many professors from the simplicity of Christ, and takes the eye off from the true adornment!
Octavius Winslow

DOVE

DOVE

DOVE, The

  1. Clean and used as food # De 14:11
  2. Offered in sacrifice # Ge 15:9 Le 1:14
  3. Impiously sold in the court of the temple # Mt 21:12 Joh 2:16
  4. CHARACTERISED BY 4a) Simplicity

    # Mt 10:16

4b) Comeliness of countenance # So 2:14 4c) Softness of eyes # So 1:15 4d) Sweetness of voice # So 2:14 4e) Richness of plumage # Ps 68:13 5) Mournful tabering of, alluded to # Na 2:7 6) Dwells in rocks # So 2:14 Jer 48:28 7) Frequents streams and rivers # So 5:12 8) Sent from the ark by Noah # Ge 8:8,10,12 9) Why considered the emblem of peace # Ge 8:11 10) The harbinger of spring # So 2:12 11) ILLUSTRATIVE 11a) Of the Holy Spirit # Mt 3:16 Joh 1:32 11b) Of the meekness of Christ # So 5:12 11c) Of the church # So 2:14 5:2 11d) Of mourners # Isa 38:14 59:11 11e) Of converts to the church # Isa 60:8 11f) (In its flight,) of the return of Israel from captivity # Ho 11:11