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 will you escape the sentence of hell?
Matthew 16:6
And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Mark 8:15
And He was giving orders to them, saying, Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”
Luke 12:1
Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying 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 pecks of flour until 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,