Verse 9

The dove could not find a resting place for its feet because water still covered the surface of the entire earth, and so it returned to Noah in the ark. He stretched out his hand, took the dove, and brought it back into the ark.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:65 : 65 Among those nations you will have no rest nor will there be a place of peaceful rest for the soles of your feet, for there the LORD will give you an anxious heart, failing eyesight, and a spirit of despair.
• Ps 116:7 : 7 Rest once more, my soul, for the LORD has vindicated you.
• Isa 60:8 : 8 Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters?
• Ezek 7:16 : 16 Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan– each one for his iniquity.
• Matt 11:28 : 28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• John 16:33 : 33 I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage– I have conquered the world.”