'Instructing' in the Bible

These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans;

So the commander let the young man go, instructing him, “Tell no one that you have notified me of these things.”

“When I was informed that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, also instructing his accusers to bring charges against him before you.”

instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,