Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Bible References

General references

Matthew 23:33
Serpents, offspring of vipers, how should ye escape the judgment of hell?
Matthew 16:6
And Jesus said to them, See 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 of the leaven of Herod.
Luke 12:1
In those times, the myriads of the crowd being gathered together, so that they trod one on another, he began to say to his disciples first, 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 meal until the whole was leavened.
1 Corinthians 5:6
Your boasting is not good. Do ye not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
2 Timothy 2:17
and their word will spread as a gangrene; of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;