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As a symbol of the believer, the dove of course has chief reference to two texts of Scripture, belonging to different yet harmonious trains of thought. One is Mat_10:16, "Be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves;" the other, Psa_55:6, "O that I had wings like a dove, then would I flee away and be at rest." The passages in Son_1:15; Son_2:14; Son_5:2; Son_6:9, refer to the Church, and therefore may be taken as referring simply to all faithful souls.