“All the needy who are possessed by that grievous malady, [the love of money], though they have no wealth of their own on which they may bestow worship as its due, pay awe-struck homage to that of their neighbors, and come at early dawn to the houses of those who have abundance of it as though they were the grandest temples, there to make their prayers and beg for blessing from the masters as though they were gods. To such [God] says elsewhere “Ye shall not follow idols and ye shall not make molten gods,” thus teaching them in a figure that it is not fitting to assign divine honors to wealth.” Cf. 1 Tim 6:10.
Philo of Alexandria (20 BCE-50 CE), Jewish Biblical Philosopher in Special Laws I.24.3. LCL.