Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Bible References

General references

Matthew 23:33
You serpents! You brood of snakes! How can you escape being sentenced to the pit?
Matthew 16:6
And Jesus said to them, "Look out, and be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"
Mark 8:15
And he warned them, saying, "Look out! Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!"
Luke 12:1
Meanwhile as the people gathered in thousands, until they actually trod on one another, he proceeded to say to his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, that is, hypocrisy.
Luke 13:21
It is like yeast that a woman took and hid in a bushel of flour, till it all rose."
1 Corinthians 5:6
Certainly this is nothing for you to boast of. Do you not know that a little yeast will affect all the dough?
1 Corinthians 15:33
Do not be misled. Bad company ruins character.
2 Timothy 2:17
and their teaching spreads like a cancer; men like Hymenaeus and Philetus,