10 Bible Verses about Leaven

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Mark 8:15

and he was charging them, saying, 'Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod,'

Matthew 13:33

Another simile spake he to them: 'The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

Matthew 16:6

and Jesus said to them, 'Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;'

Exodus 12:19-20

seven days leaven is not found in your houses, for any one eating anything fermented -- that person hath been cut off from the company of Israel, among the sojourners or among the natives of the land; anything fermented ye do not eat, in all your dwellings ye do eat unleavened things.'

Leviticus 2:11

No present which ye bring near to Jehovah is made fermented, for with any leaven or any honey ye perfume no fire-offering to Jehovah.

Leviticus 7:13

besides the cakes, fermented bread he doth bring near with his offering, besides the sacrifice of thank-offering of his peace-offerings;

Leviticus 23:17

out of your dwellings ye bring in bread of a wave-offering, two loaves, of two tenth deals of flour they are, with yeast they are baken, first -fruits to Jehovah.

Numbers 15:20-21

the beginning of your dough a cake ye heave up -- a heave-offering; as the heave-offering of a threshing-floor, so ye do heave it. Of the beginning of your dough ye do give to Jehovah a heave-offering -- to your generations.

1 Corinthians 5:5-7

to deliver up such a one to the Adversary for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. Not good is your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven? cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed -- Christ,

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

Exodus 13:7

unleavened things are eaten the seven days, and any thing fermented is not seen with thee; yea, leaven is not seen with thee in all thy border.

Deuteronomy 16:4

and there is not seen with thee leaven in all thy border seven days, and there doth not remain of the flesh which thou dost sacrifice at evening on the first day till morning.

Feast of the passover » Leaven » Punishment for eating

Exodus 12:15

Seven days ye eat unleavened things; only -- in the first day ye cause leaven to cease out of your houses; for any one eating anything fermented from the first day till the seventh day, even that person hath been cut off from Israel.

Exodus 12:19

seven days leaven is not found in your houses, for any one eating anything fermented -- that person hath been cut off from the company of Israel, among the sojourners or among the natives of the land;

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

Exodus 12:19

seven days leaven is not found in your houses, for any one eating anything fermented -- that person hath been cut off from the company of Israel, among the sojourners or among the natives of the land;

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

Exodus 12:20

anything fermented ye do not eat, in all your dwellings ye do eat unleavened things.'

Leaven » Forbidden » Burnt offering » Meat offering

Leviticus 10:12

And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar, and unto Ithamar his sons, who are left, 'Take ye the present that is left from the fire-offerings of Jehovah, and eat it unleavened near the altar, for it is most holy,

Leviticus 2:11

No present which ye bring near to Jehovah is made fermented, for with any leaven or any honey ye perfume no fire-offering to Jehovah.

Leaven » Illustrative of » Doctrines of pharisees, &c

Matthew 16:12

Then they understood that he did not say to take heed of the leaven of the bread, but of the teaching, of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

Matthew 16:6

and Jesus said to them, 'Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;'

Leaven » Illustrative of » The rapid spread of the gospel

Matthew 13:33

Another simile spake he to them: 'The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

Luke 13:21

It is like leaven, which a woman, having taken, did hide in three measures of meal, till that all was leavened.'

Leaven » Used with thank offerings

Leviticus 7:13

besides the cakes, fermented bread he doth bring near with his offering, besides the sacrifice of thank-offering of his peace-offerings;

Amos 4:5

And perfume with leaven a thank-offering, And proclaim willing gifts, sound ye! For so ye have loved, O sons of Israel, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

Leaven » Illustrative of » UnGodly professors

1 Corinthians 5:6-7

Not good is your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven? cleanse out, therefore, the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened, for also our passover for us was sacrificed -- Christ,

Leaven » Illustrative of » Malice and wickedness

1 Corinthians 5:8

so that we may keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of evil and wickedness, but with unleavened food of sincerity and truth.

Leaven » Diffusive properties of

1 Corinthians 5:6

Not good is your glorying; have ye not known that a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven?

Leaven » Illustrative of » False teachers

Galatians 5:8-9

the obedience is not of him who is calling you! a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;

Leaven » Forbidden » During the feast of passover

Exodus 12:15-20

Seven days ye eat unleavened things; only -- in the first day ye cause leaven to cease out of your houses; for any one eating anything fermented from the first day till the seventh day, even that person hath been cut off from Israel. And in the first day is a holy convocation, and in the seventh day ye have a holy convocation; any work is not done in them, only that which is eaten by any person -- it alone is done by you, and ye have observed the unleavened things, for in this self-same day I have brought out your hosts from the land of Egypt, and ye have observed this day to your generations -- a statute age-during. read more.
In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, ye do eat unleavened things until the one and twentieth day of the month, at evening; seven days leaven is not found in your houses, for any one eating anything fermented -- that person hath been cut off from the company of Israel, among the sojourners or among the natives of the land; anything fermented ye do not eat, in all your dwellings ye do eat unleavened things.'

Leaven » First fruits of wheat offered with

Leviticus 23:17

out of your dwellings ye bring in bread of a wave-offering, two loaves, of two tenth deals of flour they are, with yeast they are baken, first -fruits to Jehovah.

Leaven » Forbidden » To be offered with blood

Exodus 34:25

'Thou dost not slaughter with a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice; and the sacrifice of the feast of the passover doth not remain till morning:

Leaven » Used in making bread

Hosea 7:4

All of them are adulterers, Like a burning oven of a baker, He ceaseth from stirring up after kneading the dough, till its leavening.

Parables » Parables of Christ » Leaven

Matthew 13:33

Another simile spake he to them: 'The reign of the heavens is like to leaven, which a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.'

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