Godliness [devotedness to God] with contentment is great gain.
He was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
You’ve heard it said many times, “Money can’t buy happiness.” Have you experienced this truth? Don’t waste your life trying to prove to yourself what God’s Word plainly teaches. Was Solomon happy and satisfied with the greatest wealth that any man has had in this world? No. He said that riches make wings and fly away. It is all vanity and vexation of spirit. Another said more recently, “Worldly riches are like nuts: many clothes are torn in getting them, many a tooth broken in cracking them, but never a belly filled with eating them.” [Venning]