How to say "to encourage."


I've been looking various ways to say encourage but it seems to be a bit
tricky in Japanese. I want to use it in this way:

"Don't encourage him to jump off that rock." "I encouraged him to apply to his
dream school."

This is why I currently have for a solution, correct me if I am wrong.

"その岩から跳ぶように激励するな” ”志望校に受験するようにお勧めした”（激励した？）（励ました?)

