The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.
Ver. 16. The prince that wanteth understanding.] As every tyrant doth, Psa 14:4 though they think they deal wisely, as Pharaoh, Exo 1:10 for they usually come to untimely ends, a as most of the Caesars till Constantine, and as our Richard III and Queen Mary, whose reigns are the shortest of all the kings since the Conquest. "Bloody and deceitful men live not half their days," or if they do, it is for a further evil unto them. Isa 65:20
But he that hateth covetousness.] Covetousness in the original hath its name from piercing or wounding, and fitly, both in respect of others, Pro 1:19 and himself. 1Ti 6:10
a Ad generum Cereris sine caede, &c.