Galatians 5:9 · KJV
“A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.”
— Galatians 5:9
This persuasion {cometh} not of him that calleth you.
I 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.
Galatians 5 — Context
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? {hinder you: or, drive you back}
8This persuasion {cometh} not of him that calleth you.
9A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
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.
11And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Mark 8:15
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, {It is} because we have no bread.
1 Corinthians 5:6-7
Your glorying {is} not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
Luke 12:1
In 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.
Luke 13:21
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Matthew 16:6-12
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
2 Timothy 2:17
And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; {canker: or, gangrene}
Matthew 23:33
{Ye} serpents, {ye} generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?