Jeremiah 40:16
Good News Translation
But Gedaliah answered, "Don't do it! What you are saying about Ishmael is not true!"

New Revised Standard Version
But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do such a thing, for you are telling a lie about Ishmael.”

Contemporary English Version
Gedaliah answered, "Don't kill Ishmael! What you've said about him can't be true."

New American Bible
Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, answered Johanan, son of Kareah, “You must not do that. What you are saying about Ishmael is a lie!”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Godolias the son of Ahicam said to Johanan the son of Caree: Do not this thing: for what thou sayst of Ismahel is false.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Godolias the son of Ahicam said to Johanan the son of Caree: Do not this thing: for what thou sayst of Ismahel is false.

Thou shalt.

Jeremiah 41:2 And Ismahel the son of Nathanias arose, and the ten men that were with him, and they struck Godolias the son of Ahicam, the son of Saphan with the sword, and slew him whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

Matthew 10:16,17 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves. . . .

Romans 3:8 And not rather (as we are slandered and as some affirm that we say) let us do evil that there may come good? Whose damnation is just.

Context
The Plot Against Gedaliah
15But Johanan the son of Caree, spoke to Godolias privately in Masphath, saying: I will go, and I will kill Ismahel the son of Nathanias, and no man shall know it, lest he kill thee, and all the Jews be scattered, that are gathered unto thee, and the remnant of Juda perish. 16And Godolias the son of Ahicam said to Johanan the son of Caree: Do not this thing: for what thou sayst of Ismahel is false.
Cross References
Matthew 10:16
Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

1 Corinthians 13:5
Is not ambitious, seeketh not her own, is not provoked to anger, thinketh no evil:

Jeremiah 40:15
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