Verse 9

A little yeast leavens the whole lump of dough.

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  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Do not be deceived: 'Bad company corrupts good morals.'
  • Mark 8:15 : 15 Jesus warned them, 'Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.'
  • Luke 12:1 : 1 Meanwhile, when thousands of people had gathered together, to the point of trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."
  • 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 5:6-7 : 6 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough? 7 Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, just as you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
  • 2 Tim 2:17 : 17 Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
  • 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.
  • Matt 23:33 : 33 You serpents, you brood of vipers! How can you escape being sentenced to hell?