Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Bible References

General references

Matthew 23:33
You snakes, offspring of snakes, how will you be kept from the punishment of hell?
Matthew 16:6
And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mark 8:15
And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
Luke 12:1
At that time, when thousands of the people had come together, in such numbers that they were crushing one another, he said first to his disciples, Have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees, which is deceit.
Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman put into three measures of meal, and it was all leavened.
1 Corinthians 5:6
This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.
2 Timothy 2:17
And their words will be like poisoned wounds in the flesh: such are Hymenaeus and Philetus;

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain