The word in Scripture

Leaven in the Bible

The word leaven appears 23 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Leaven quietly spreads through the whole lump, for good or ill. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What leaven means in the Bible

Leaven quietly spreads through the whole lump, for good or ill.

Where the word leaven appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word leaven appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.”Exodus 12:19

“Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.”Exodus 13:7

“Another 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 the whole was leavened.”Matthew 13:33

“Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.”Matthew 16:6

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

“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 12:1

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

“A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.”Galatians 5:9