Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

Their word

Hymenaeus

Bible References

Their word

Nahum 3:15
There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the canker-worm: make thyself many as the canker-worm, make thyself many as the locusts.
James 5:3
Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a testimony against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have amassed treasure for the last days.

Hymenaeus

1 Timothy 1:20
Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

General references

Leviticus 13:7
But if the scab shall spread much in the skin, after he hath been seen by the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen by the priest again:
Deuteronomy 20:18
That they may not teach you to do after all their abominations which they have done to their gods; so would ye sin against the LORD your God.
Galatians 5:9
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.