Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Bible References

General references

Matthew 23:33
You serpents! You brood of vipers! How can you escape a sentence to the pit!
Matthew 16:6
And Jesus said to them, "Look out, and keep on guarding yourselves against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees!"
Mark 8:15
Then He kept warning them by saying, "Look out! Keep on guarding yourselves against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod."
Luke 12:1
Meanwhile as the people had gathered in tens of thousands, so that they were trampling upon one another, He began to say, first of all, to His disciples: "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, hypocrisy.
Luke 13:21
It is like yeast which a woman took and hid in a bushel of flour until it all had risen."
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your ground for boasting about such a case is not good. Are you not aware that a little yeast will change the whole lump of dough?
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be so misled: "Evil companionships corrupt good character."
2 Timothy 2:17
and their message will spread like a cancer; men like Hymenaeus and Philetus,