Proverbs 28:6 (KJV)  Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Materialism is at the root of many of the world’s major problems today. It provides the basis for most political and economic philosophies, and is thus responsible for most of the class and national conflicts that plague mankind. Dissatisfaction with what we have creates the desire to secure more by forcing others to give up all or part of what they have rather than by toiling honestly ourselves. Covetousness is the cause of many of the world’s insoluble problems. 
 We are to seek first the Kingdom or Yahweh and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto us. Matthew 6:33