“What does the Bible say about the prosperity gospel?”……In the prosperity gospel, also known as the "Word of Faith," the believer is told to use God, whereas the truth of biblical Christianity is just the opposite-God uses the believer.

Word of Faith or prosperity theology sees the Holy Spirit as a power to be put to use for whatever the believer wills.

The Bible teaches that the Holy Spirit is a Person who enables the believer to do God’s will. The prosperity gospel movement closely resembles some of the destructive greed sects that infiltrated the early church. Paul and the other apostles were not accommodating to or conciliatory with the false teachers who propagated such heresy. They identified them as dangerous false teachers and urged Christians to avoid them.……Paul warned Timothy about such men

1 Timothy 6:5, 9-11

These people always cause trouble. Their minds are corrupt, and they have turned their backs on the truth. To them, a show of godliness is just a way to become wealthy├ö├ç┬¬├ö├ç┬¬├ö├ç┬¬ But people who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.…Paul's Final Instructions:… But you, Timothy, are a man of God; so run from all these evil things. Pursue righteousness and a godly life, along with faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.… These men of "corrupt mind" supposed godliness was a means of gain and their desire for riches was a trap that brought them "into ruin and destruction" (v. 9).

The pursuit of wealth is a dangerous path for Christians and one which God warns about: "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 sorrows" (v. 10).… If riches were a reasonable goal for the godly, Jesus would have pursued it. But He did not, preferring instead to have no place to lay His head and teaching His disciples to do the same.…Matthew 8:20…But Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man ("Son of Man" is a title Jesus used for himself.)has no place even to lay his head."……It should also be remembered that the only disciple concerned with wealth was Judas.……Paul said covetousness is idolatry…Ephesians 5:5…You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world.…and instructed the Ephesians to avoid anyone who brought a message of immorality or covetousness…Ephesians 5:6-7…Don't be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him.7 Don't participate in the things these people do.…Prosperity teaching prohibits God from working on His own, meaning that God is not Lord of all because He cannot work until we release Him to do so. …Faith, according to the Word of Faith doctrine, is not submissive trust in God; faith is a formula by which we manipulate the spiritual laws that prosperity teachers believe govern the universe. …As the name "Word of Faith" implies, this movement teaches that faith is a matter of what we say more than whom we trust or what truths we embrace and affirm in our hearts.…A favorite term in the Word of Faith movement is "positive confession." This refers to the teaching that words themselves have creative power. What you say, Word of Faith teachers claim, determines everything that happens to you. Your confessions, especially the favors you demand of God, must all be stated positively and without wavering. Then God is required to answer (as though man could require anything of God!). …Thus, God’s ability to bless us supposedly hangs on our faith. …James 4:13-16 clearly contradicts this teaching…Look here, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit." How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog-it's here a little while, then it's gone. What you ought to say is, "If the Lord wants us to, we will live and do this or that." Otherwise you are boasting about your own plans, and all such boasting is evil.…Far from speaking things into existence in the future, we do not even know what tomorrow will bring or even whether we will be alive. …Instead of stressing the importance of wealth, the Bible warns against pursuing it. Believers, especially leaders in the church are to be free from the love of money…1 Timothy 3:3…He must not be a heavy drinker or be violent. He must be gentle, not quarrelsome, and not love money…Hebrews 13:5…Don't love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, "I will never fail you.I will never abandon you.…The love of money leads to all kinds of evil…1 Timothy 6:10…For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.…Jesus warned…Luke 12:15…Then he said, "Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own."…In sharp contrast to the Word of Faith emphasis on gaining money and possessions in this life, Jesus said when he was teaching about Money and Possessions…Matthew 6:19… "Don't store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. The irreconcilable contradictions between prosperity teaching and the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ is best summed up in the words of Jesus Matthew 6:24…24 "No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.