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There are wealthy people in the Old Testament. However that is by a completely different standard than being wealthy today is. The basic teaching is that you give a percentage back to God.
One also needs to give a percentage to the poor, 10% of your yearly net income.
Judaism teaches that a person's worth is unrelated to his wealth. A wealthy person is considered as G-d's custodian of the money and is expected to use it to benefit the poor and to advance religious studies.
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