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 are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
Matthew 16:6
Then Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees."
Mark 8:15
And he cautioned them, saying, "Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."
Luke 12:1
In the meantime, when so many thousands of the multitude had gathered together that they trampled one another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour till it was all leavened."
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough?
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals."
2 Timothy 2:17
and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,