10 Bible Verses about Leaven

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Mark 8:15

And he began charging them, saying - Mind! beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod!

Matthew 13:33

Another parable, spake he unto them: - The kingdom of the heavens is like, unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until, the whole, was leavened.

Matthew 16:6

And, Jesus, said unto them - Mind! and beware, of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Exodus 12:19-20

For seven days, leaven, shall not be found in your houses, - for, whosoever eateth what is leavened, then shall that soul be cut off out of the assembly of Israel, whether sojourner or native of the land. Nothing leavened, shall ye eat, - in all your dwellings, shall ye eat unleavened cakes.

Leviticus 2:11

None of the meal-offerings which ye bring near unto Yahweh shall be made into anything leavened, - for, of no leaven and Of no syrup, may ye make a perfume, as an altar-flame unto Yahweh.

Leviticus 7:13

With perforated cakes of leavened bread, shall he bring near his oblation, with his peace-offering of thanksgiving,

Leviticus 23:17

Out of your dwellings, shall ye bring in two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah, of fine meal, shall they be, with leaven, shall they be baked, - first-fruits unto Yahweh.

Numbers 15:20-21

Of the first of your meal, shall ye heave up, a cake, as a heave-offering, - like the heave-offering of grain, so shall ye heave it. Of the first of your meal, shall ye give unto Yahweh a heave-offering, - unto your generations.

1 Corinthians 5:5-7

To deliver such a one as this, unto Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, - that, the spirit, may be saved in the day of the Lord. Unseemly, is your boast! Know ye not that, a little leaven, doth leaven, the whole of the lump? Purge ye out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, - even as ye are unleavened; for, our passover, hath even been sacrificed - Christ:

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Feast of the passover » Leaven » Not to be in any of their quarters

Exodus 13:7

Unleavened cakes, shall be eaten for the seven days, - neither shall there be seen with thee anything leavened, nor shall there be seen with thee leaven, within any of thy bounds,

Deuteronomy 16:4

And there shall not be seen with thee leaven in any of thy bounds seven days, - neither shall there remain all night of the flesh which thou shalt sacrifice in the evening, on the first day, unto the morning.

Feast of the passover » Leaven » Punishment for eating

Exodus 12:15

Seven days, unleavened cakes, shall ye eat, surely, on the first day, shall ye put away leaven, out of your houses, - for whosoever eateth what is leavened, then shall that soul be cut off out of Israel, from the first day, unto the seventh day.

Exodus 12:19

For seven days, leaven, shall not be found in your houses, - for, whosoever eateth what is leavened, then shall that soul be cut off out of the assembly of Israel, whether sojourner or native of the land.

Feast of the passover » Leaven » Not to be in their houses during

Exodus 12:19

For seven days, leaven, shall not be found in your houses, - for, whosoever eateth what is leavened, then shall that soul be cut off out of the assembly of Israel, whether sojourner or native of the land.

Feast of the passover » Leaven » Nothing with, to be eaten

Exodus 12:20

Nothing leavened, shall ye eat, - in all your dwellings, shall ye eat unleavened cakes.

Leaven » Forbidden » Burnt offering » Meat offering

Leviticus 10:12

Then spake Moses unto Aaron and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar his sons that were left, Take ye the meal-offering that is left of the altar-flames of Yahweh, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, - for, most holy, it is;

Leviticus 2:11

None of the meal-offerings which ye bring near unto Yahweh shall be made into anything leavened, - for, of no leaven and Of no syrup, may ye make a perfume, as an altar-flame unto Yahweh.

Leaven » Illustrative of » Doctrines of pharisees, &c

Matthew 16:12

Then, understood they that he did not bid them beware of theleaven of loavesbut of, the teaching, of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 16:6

And, Jesus, said unto them - Mind! and beware, of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Leaven » Illustrative of » The rapid spread of the gospel

Matthew 13:33

Another parable, spake he unto them: - The kingdom of the heavens is like, unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until, the whole, was leavened.

Luke 13:21

It is, like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until, the whole, was leavened.

Leaven » Used with thank offerings

Leviticus 7:13

With perforated cakes of leavened bread, shall he bring near his oblation, with his peace-offering of thanksgiving,

Amos 4:5

Yea, burn thou incense, of that which is leavened, as a thank-offering, and proclaim ye freewill-offerings, let them be known, - for, so, ye love to have it , ye sons of Israel, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh.

Leaven » Illustrative of » UnGodly professors

1 Corinthians 5:6-7

Unseemly, is your boast! Know ye not that, a little leaven, doth leaven, the whole of the lump? Purge ye out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, - even as ye are unleavened; for, our passover, hath even been sacrificed - Christ:

Leaven » Illustrative of » Malice and wickedness

1 Corinthians 5:8

So then, let us be keeping the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of baseness and wickedness, - but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Leaven » Diffusive properties of

1 Corinthians 5:6

Unseemly, is your boast! Know ye not that, a little leaven, doth leaven, the whole of the lump?

Leaven » Illustrative of » False teachers

Galatians 5:8-9

The persuasion, is not of him that calleth you: - A little leaven, leaveneth, the whole lump.

Leaven » Forbidden » During the feast of passover

Exodus 12:15-20

Seven days, unleavened cakes, shall ye eat, surely, on the first day, shall ye put away leaven, out of your houses, - for whosoever eateth what is leavened, then shall that soul be cut off out of Israel, from the first day, unto the seventh day. Both on the first day, a holy convocation, and on the seventh day - a holy convocation, shall there be to you, - no work, shall be done therein, save only what must be eaten by every soul, that alone, shall be done by you. So then ye shall observe the unleavened cakes, because on this self-same day, brought I forth your hosts out of the land of Egypt, - so then ye shall observe this day to your generations, as a statute age-abiding, read more.
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, shall ye eat unleavened cakes, - until the one-and-twentieth day of the month in the evening, For seven days, leaven, shall not be found in your houses, - for, whosoever eateth what is leavened, then shall that soul be cut off out of the assembly of Israel, whether sojourner or native of the land. Nothing leavened, shall ye eat, - in all your dwellings, shall ye eat unleavened cakes.

Leaven » First fruits of wheat offered with

Leviticus 23:17

Out of your dwellings, shall ye bring in two wave loaves of two-tenths of an ephah, of fine meal, shall they be, with leaven, shall they be baked, - first-fruits unto Yahweh.

Leaven » Forbidden » To be offered with blood

Exodus 34:25

Thou shalt not slay, along with anything leavened, the blood of my sacrifice, - neither shall remain to the morning, the sacrifice of the festival of the passover.

Leaven » Used in making bread

Hosea 7:4

They all, are adulterers, like an oven too hot for the baker, - who leaveth off stoking, after kneading the dough, till the whole be leavened.

Parables » Parables of Christ » Leaven

Matthew 13:33

Another parable, spake he unto them: - The kingdom of the heavens is like, unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of flour until, the whole, was leavened.

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