Galatians 5:9
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A little leaven corrupteth the whole lump.

Matthew 23:33 You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the judgment of hell?

Matthew 16:6-12 Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees. . . .

Mark 8:15 And he charged them saying: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the leaven of Herod.

Luke 12:1 And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 13:21 It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

1 Corinthians 5:6,7 Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump? . . .

1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not seduced: Evil communications corrupt good manners.

2 Timothy 2:17 And their speech spreadeth like a canker: of whom are Hymeneus and Philetus:

Context
Freedom in Christ
8This persuasion is not from him that calleth you. 9A little leaven corrupteth the whole lump. 10I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will not be of another mind: but he that troubleth you shall bear the judgment, whosoever he be.…
Cross References
Matthew 13:33
Another parable he spoke to them: The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.

1 Corinthians 5:6
Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven corrupteth the whole lump?

Lexicon
A little
μικρὰ (mikra)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3398: Little, small. Including the comparative mikroteros apparently a primary word; small (figuratively) dignity).

yeast
ζύμη (zymē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2219: Leaven, ferment, both lit. and met. Probably from zeo; ferment.

leavens
ζυμοῖ (zymoi)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2220: To leaven, ferment. From zume; to cause to ferment.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

whole
ὅλον (holon)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3650: All, the whole, entire, complete. A primary word; 'whole' or 'all', i.e. Complete, especially as noun or adverb.

batch [of dough].
φύραμα (phyrama)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 5445: A mass or lump, as of bread dough. From a prolonged form of phuro, mean to knead; a mass of dough.


Additional Translations
A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough.

A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

A little leaven leavens the whole lump.

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

A little yeast corrupts the whole of the dough.

A little yeast grows through the whole lump.

a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;
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