Not only robbery, but all forms of covetousness are destructive of true life.

So are the ways ...—The conclusion of the discourse. The same phrase occurs in Job 8:13.

Which taketh away ...—That is, co…

So [are] the ways of everyone that is greedy of gain
That is set upon getting riches in an unlawful way, by robberie…

Wicked people are zealous in seducing others into the paths of the destroyer: sinners love company in sin. But they have so much the more to answer…