Jeremiah 38:4

Good News Translation

Then the officials went to the king and said, “This man must be put to death. By talking like this he is making the soldiers in the city lose their courage, and he is doing the same thing to everyone else left in the city. He is not trying to help the people; he only wants to hurt them.”

Cross References

1 Kings 21:20

When Ahab saw Elijah, he said, “Have you caught up with me, my enemy?” “Yes, I have,” Elijah answered. “You have devoted yourself completely to doing what is wrong in the Lord's sight.

2 Chronicles 24:21

King Joash joined in a conspiracy against Zechariah, and on the king's orders the people stoned Zechariah in the Temple courtyard.

Ezra 4:12

“We want Your Majesty to know that the Jews who came here from your other territories have settled in Jerusalem and are rebuilding that evil and rebellious city. They have begun to rebuild the walls and will soon finish them.

Nehemiah 6:9

They were trying to frighten us into stopping work. I prayed, “But now, God, make me strong!”

Exodus 5:4

The king said to Moses and Aaron, “What do you mean by making the people neglect their work? Get those slaves back to work!

Jeremiah 11:21

The people of Anathoth wanted me killed, and they told me that they would kill me if I kept on proclaiming the Lord's message.

Jeremiah 18:23

But, Lord, you know all their plots to kill me. Do not forgive their evil or pardon their sin. Throw them down in defeat and deal with them while you are angry.”

Jeremiah 26:11

Then the priests and the prophets said to the leaders and to the people, “This man deserves to be sentenced to death because he has spoken against our city. You heard him with your own ears.”

Jeremiah 29:7

Work for the good of the cities where I have made you go as prisoners. Pray to me on their behalf, because if they are prosperous, you will be prosperous too.

Jeremiah 38:16

So King Zedekiah promised me in secret, “I swear by the living God, the God who gave us life, that I will not put you to death or hand you over to the men who want to kill you.”

Jeremiah 38:25

If the officials hear that I have talked with you, they will come and ask you what we said. They will promise not to put you to death if you tell them everything.

Jeremiah 43:3

Baruch son of Neriah has stirred you up against us, so that the Babylonians will gain power over us and can either kill us or take us away to Babylonia.”

Ezekiel 22:27

The government officials are like wolves tearing apart the animals they have killed. They commit murder in order to get rich.

Amos 7:10

Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, then sent a report to King Jeroboam of Israel: “Amos is plotting against you among the people. His speeches will destroy the country.

Luke 23:2

where they began to accuse him: “We caught this man misleading our people, telling them not to pay taxes to the Emperor and claiming that he himself is the Messiah, a king.”

Acts 16:20

They brought them before the Roman officials and said, “These men are Jews, and they are causing trouble in our city.

Acts 17:6

But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some other believers before the city authorities and shouted, “These men have caused trouble everywhere! Now they have come to our city,

Acts 24:5

We found this man to be a dangerous nuisance; he starts riots among Jews all over the world and is a leader of the party of the Nazarenes.

Acts 28:22

But we would like to hear your ideas, because we know that everywhere people speak against this party to which you belong.”