Jeremiah 38:4

Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

Note welfare: Heb. peace

KJV · King James Version
Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death, because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them; for this man doesn’t seek the welfare of this people, but harm.”
WEB · World English Bible
Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

the princes
Jeremiah 26:11, 21–23; Jeremiah 36:12–16; 2 Chronicles 24:21; Ezekiel 22:27; Micah 3:1–3; Zephaniah 3:1–3
thus
Exodus 5:4; 1 Kings 18:17, 18; 1 Kings 21:20; Ezra 4:12; Nehemiah 6:9; Amos 7:10; Luke 23:2; John 11:46–50; Acts 16:20; Acts 17:6; Acts 24:5; Acts 28:22
welfare
Heb. peace.
Jeremiah 29:7