'Discouraging' in the Bible

Now why are you discouraging the sons of Israel from crossing over into the land which the Lord has given them?

Then the officials said to the king, “Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch as he is discouraging the men of war who are left in this city and all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man is not seeking the well-being of this people but rather their harm.”