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Galatians 5:9

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A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:33Rank 1 from verse 9
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    33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

  2. Mark 8:15Rank 2 from verse 9
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    15And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

  3. 1 Corinthians 5:6–7Rank 3 from verse 9
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    6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

    7Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

  4. Luke 12:1Rank 4 from verse 9
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    1IN the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

  5. Luke 13:21Rank 5 from verse 9
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    21It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

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Galatians 5:9

COMBINED MEANING

leaven

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Sense 1: Fermented dough used to make other dough rise; figuratively, a spreading influence. Sense 2: To make rise or ferment by leaven; to work through and affect the whole mass.

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leaveneth

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Third-person singular present form of leaven, meaning to make rise or ferment by leaven; to work through and affect the whole mass.

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lump

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A mass of things blended or gathered together; taken as a whole or in gross.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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8This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.

9A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

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10I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.

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