Reply To: Mind-blowing statement from the Iben Ezra

JEWISHNESS: Perhaps you need to read the Iggeress HaRamban, which states that we should not think negatively about the rich, but should realize that Hashem entrusted them with such wealth for reasons known only to Hashem. I have no idea where the Ibn Ezra says what you say he says, but I have a hard time believing that such a statement would have come from any Talmid Chacham or from any Yireh Shomayim