It was not their wealth that brought the Laodiceans to such a pitiable spiritual situation. It was the fact that they trusted in wealth rather than in Jehovah.
لِذلِكَ كَانُوا فَاتِرِينَ رُوحِيًّا ،‏ وَسُرْعَانَ مَا كَانَ يَسُوعُ ‹ سَيَتَقَيَّأُهُمْ مِنْ فَمِهِ › .‏ —‏ رؤيا ٣ :‏ ​ ١٤ -‏ ١٧‏ .‏