Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Bible References

General references

Matthew 23:33
Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how will ye escape from the damnation of hell?
Matthew 16:6
And Jesus said to them, Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mark 8:15
And he commanded them, saying, Take heed, watch for the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
Luke 12:1
During which time the myriads of the multitude having gathered together so as to trample each other, he began first to say to his disciples, Take heed to yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke 13:21
It is like leaven that a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not led astray. Evil associations corrupt good habits.
2 Timothy 2:17
and their word will have a feeding field like gangrene, of whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,