Worldly Prosperity a Curse and a Bar to Future Reward

Blessed be ye poor. (Luke 6: 20.)

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth.... For where your treasure is there will your heart be also. (Mat. 6: 19, 21.)

And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom. (Luke 16: 22.)

It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. (Mat. 19: 24.)

Wo unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. (Luke 6: 24.)