10 Bible Verses about Leaven

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Mark 8:15

And he commanded them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod.

Matthew 13:33

He spoke another parable unto them: The kingdom of the heavens is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.

Matthew 16:6

Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and keep yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Exodus 12:19-20

For seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or born in the land. Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations ye shall eat unleavened bread.

Leviticus 2:11

No present which ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be with leaven; for of nothing leavened, nor any honey, shall ye make any offering incensed unto the LORD.

Leviticus 7:13

With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his offering in the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace.

Leviticus 23:17

Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two-tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.

Numbers 15:20-21

Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an offering; as the offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye offer it. Of the firstfruits of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an offering in your generations.

1 Corinthians 5:5-7

let such a one be delivered unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ, our passover, is sacrificed for us;

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Feast of the passover » Leaven » Not to be in any of their quarters

Exodus 13:7

Bread without leaven shall be eaten the seven days; and nothing leavened shall be seen with thee, neither shall there be any leaven in all thy borders.

Deuteronomy 16:4

And there shall be no leavened bread seen in thee within all thy borders for seven days; neither shall any of the flesh which thou didst sacrifice the evening of the first day remain all night until the morning.

Feast of the passover » Leaven » Punishment for eating

Exodus 12:15

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

Exodus 12:19

For seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or born in the land.

Feast of the passover » Leaven » Not to be in their houses during

Exodus 12:19

For seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or born in the land.

Feast of the passover » Leaven » Nothing with, to be eaten

Exodus 12:20

Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations ye shall eat unleavened bread.

Leaven » Forbidden » Burnt offering » Meat offering

Leviticus 10:12

And Moses spoke unto Aaron and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the present that remains of the offerings on fire unto the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy:

Leviticus 2:11

No present which ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be with leaven; for of nothing leavened, nor any honey, shall ye make any offering incensed unto the LORD.

Leaven » Illustrative of » Doctrines of pharisees, &c

Matthew 16:12

Then they understood that he bade them not to keep themselves from the leaven of bread, but from the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Matthew 16:6

Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and keep yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Leaven » Illustrative of » The rapid spread of the gospel

Matthew 13:33

He spoke another parable unto them: The kingdom of the heavens is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.

Luke 13:21

It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.

Leaven » Used with thank offerings

Leviticus 7:13

With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his offering in the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace.

Amos 4:5

and offer a sacrifice of praise with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free will offerings for this is the way you like it, O ye sons of Israel, said the Lord GOD.

Leaven » Illustrative of » UnGodly professors

1 Corinthians 5:6-7

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ, our passover, is sacrificed for us;

Leaven » Illustrative of » Malice and wickedness

1 Corinthians 5:8

therefore let us celebrate the feast, not in the old leaven, neither in the leaven of malice and wickedness, but in the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Leaven » Diffusive properties of

1 Corinthians 5:6

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

Leaven » Illustrative of » False teachers

Galatians 5:8-9

This persuasion does not come of him that called you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

Leaven » Forbidden » During the feast of passover

Exodus 12:15-20

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. And in the first day there shall be a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, except that which every person must eat, that only may be done of you. And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread, for in this same day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore, shall ye observe this day for your ages by an ordinance forever. read more.
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, ye shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening. For seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or born in the land. Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations ye shall eat unleavened bread.

Leaven » First fruits of wheat offered with

Leviticus 23:17

Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two-tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, they are the firstfruits unto the LORD.

Leaven » Forbidden » To be offered with blood

Exodus 34:25

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice upon anything leavened; neither shall any of the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.

Leaven » Used in making bread

Hosea 7:4

They are all adulterers as an oven heated by the baker who shall cease from waking after he has kneaded the dough until it is leavened.

Parables » Parables of Christ » Leaven

Matthew 13:33

He spoke another parable unto them: The kingdom of the heavens is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened.

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