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 shall ye escape the judgment of hell?
Matthew 16:6
And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mark 8:15
And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
Luke 12:1
In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke 13:21
It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
2 Timothy 2:17
and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: or whom is Hymenaeus an Philetus;

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