Money and things doesn’t equal happiness

I was researching online for a history paper I am writing and fell upon a website with the worlds happiest countries. I was like “Oh cool I bet the United States is on there somewhere.” To my disgust The United States of America wasn’t in the top 15. I researched it a little more and researched how wealthy America is in comparison to the happiest countries in the world. America is the 6th wealthiest country according to http://www.aneki.com/richest.html. America is also the 150th happiest country in the world according to the Happy Planet Index. The second richest country in the world is Equatorial Guinea and is in 170th place out of 178 in the Happy Planet Index. This shows that money or material goods doesn’t buy happiness. You can view the happiest countries in the world at this website: http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/23/happiest-places-world-oped-cx_ewe_0423happiest_slide.html. I just thought this was interesting and proof that money doesn’t buy happiness, especially once you look at a couple of Bible verses that also talk about money:

Ecclesiastes 5:10 says:

Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income.

Acts 8:20 says:

‘May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!’

1 Timothy 6:10 says:

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.