Galatians 5:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.”
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BSBPD
“A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“a little leaven the whole lump doth leaven;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Galatians 5:9 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 16:6“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Matthew 23:33You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?
- Mark 8:15“Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
- Luke 12:1In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Luke 13:21It is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
- 1 Corinthians 5:6Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
- 1 Corinthians 15:33Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
- 2 Timothy 2:17and the talk of such men will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
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