Galatians 5:9

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
Mark 8:15 : 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
Luke 12:1 : 1 In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Luke 13:21 : 21 It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
1 Cor 5:6-7 : 6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? 7 Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, [even] Christ:
2 Tim 2:17 : 17 and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
Matt 16:6-9 : 6 And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, We took no bread. 8 And Jesus perceiving it said, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have no bread? 9 Do ye not yet perceive, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 11 How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 12 Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Matt 23:33 : 33 Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgment of hell?

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1 Cor 5:5-9
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5to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, [even] Christ:
8wherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
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8This persuasion [came] not of him that calleth you.
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21It is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
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15And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.
Matt 16:6-7
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6And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
7And they reasoned among themselves, saying, We took no bread.
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33Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.
Matt 16:11-12
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11How is it that ye do not perceive that I spake not to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
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1 Cor 5:2
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Gal 5:15-16
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15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
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Luke 12:1
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2 Cor 9:5-6
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5I thought it necessary therefore to entreat the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your aforepromised bounty, that the same might be {G3779} ready as a matter of bounty, and not of extortion.
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5None So the tongue also is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how much wood is kindled by how small a fire!
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19Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is born in the land.
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