Proverbs 14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. 

‘The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.’ The crown of the wise is their riches, but the fool produces folly by his acts of foolishness.

In Psalms 112:3, we see God sanctions wealth and riches for the righteous man. How foolish to condemn wealth and class all rich men as wicked just because of their prosperity. Wealth is a blessing if used as God intended. It was God’s original plan that all men be prosperous and use all things in creation for their own good and God’s glory. It is still God’s purpose, and when the Messiah reigns, every man will sit under his own vine and fig tree, which indicates there will be universal peace and prosperity (Isa. 2:2-4; 65:20-25; Mic. 4:1-8).

One of the blessings that is God’s will for us is material prosperity (3Jn. 1:2; Jos. 1:5-9; 1Sam. 2:7-8; 1Kin. 2:3-4; 1Chr. 29:12; Ezra 8:22; Job 36:11; Ps. 1:1-3; Matt. 7:7-11; 17:20; 21:22; Mark 9:23; 11:22-24; John 15:7, 16; 2Cor. 9:6-8; Php. 4:19).

Six blessings of wisdom and knowledge: Length of days (3:16); riches and honour; pleasantness (3:17); peace; the tree of life (3:18), and happiness.