Sometimes people on television deliver advice on how to become wealthy. They tell you about your potential, your destiny, or God’s reward for your behavior. Any of these, depending on the charlatan or shyster of the hour, can lead to a home in the Hamptons and four-car garage. 

The worst of these peddlers are those who find some obscure scriptural reference to proof-text why you too will grow filthy rich.

“God wants you to be rich,” they thunder or suggest, depending on the audience.