Verse 6

Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?

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Referenced Verses

  • Gal 5:9 : 9 A little yeast leavens the whole lump of dough.
  • Jas 4:16 : 16 But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.
  • 1 Cor 5:2 : 2 And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have mourned so that the one who has done this would be removed from among you?
  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be deceived: 'Bad company corrupts good morals.'
  • 2 Tim 2:17 : 17 Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
  • Matt 13:33 : 33 He told them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about fifty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.'
  • Matt 16:6-9 : 6 Jesus said to them, "Be careful and watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 7 They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, "It is because we did not bring any bread." 8 Aware of this, Jesus said, "You of little faith, why are you reasoning among yourselves about not having bread? 9 Do you still not understand? Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand and how many baskets you gathered? 10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many large baskets you gathered? 11 How is it that you do not understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 12 Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the yeast used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
  • Luke 13:21 : 21 It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.'
  • 1 Cor 3:21 : 21 So then, let no one boast in human leaders, for all things are yours—
  • 1 Cor 4:18-19 : 18 Some of you have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. 19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not only what those who are arrogant are saying, but what power they have.