Jer 41:2, Mat 10:16-17, Rom 3:8 | ESV | STEP | Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men with him rose up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam , son of Shaphan , with the sword , and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor in the land .

Jeremiah 41:2

2 ^aIshmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men with him rose up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him, ^bwhom the king of Babylon had appointed governor in the land.

Matthew 10:16-17

Persecution Will Come

16 ^c“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be ^dwise as serpents and ^einnocent as doves. 17 Beware of men, for ^fthey will deliver you over to courts and flog you ^gin their synagogues,

Romans 3:8

8 And why not ^hdo evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.