A prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor. — Thereby losing the love of his people, and at the same time impoverishing them; thus killing the goose that laid the golden eggs. He also by his misdeeds draws down upon himself God’s anger in the shape of an early death. Comp. the woe pronounced upon Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 22:13, sqq.).
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Proverbs 28:16
16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.