According to the scripture it's better to be wise than to be wealthy.... I guess you can have a lot of money but not have the common sense to use it well.
A powerful example of this occurred multiple times during my pastoral training years. I worked in a church near the largest military base on the west coast. I saw a lot of 18 year old guys who would sign up for 5 years of service with the United States Army and get $40,000 dollar signing bonus.
It was more money than they had ever had in their entire life and needless to say their wallet was far bigger than their wisdom. Instead of investing that wealth in buying real estate, long-term high yield stocks or saving for their future children, they would drop 15,000+ dollars on a brand new speaker system to install in their 2001 Honda Accord which would bust 2 years later.....That's a liability not an asset. That's foolish, selfish and stupid. They may as well have burned their money because they like the smell of the ink, that would have just about the same value 20-40 years later when their poor wife needs a house to raise the kids, who also need food, clothes and an ever-increasingly costly education.How are you with your money? Are you growing in wisdom? Are you stewarding your wealth in such a way that you can look back as an older man or woman and be proud of how you invested, saved and spent?
Ultimately what's needed is more wisdom not necessarily more money.
