Proverbs 28:6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
This verse helps us to see that to be poor in worldly goods but rich in the things of God is a good thing. The scripture tells us to lay up treasures in Heaven where rust doth not decay the the riches. We acquire these riches by doing good works for the Lord. Those who have acquired their riches in this world by their evil dealings have no rewards in heaven, if they did they did someone else would enjoy them because they would not be their but in hell with Satan. All things in this world is temporary and their is no lasting value connected with earthly wealth. We should gain from this that it is better to be poor and righteous than to be rich and wicked. In Psalms 37 it tells that the righteous of God have never been forsaken nor has His seed begging for bread.