All the "vices" that you mentioned are idols. The example you brought up with the lender making money but through negative means and the end result of internal unhappiness... This individual may be "rich" in money and possessions, but is "poor" in happiness.

Good assessment of what is found in the Bible, this is the same thing that I get from reading the Bible.

I mentioned in one of my posts the meaning of the order to be fruitful, to multiply, and to subdue the earth... To be productive, to create abundance, and to continue God's work of creation using the earth's resources... And doing this per the blueprint that God provided us via his commandments.

You mentioned honest work leading to happiness. This is paradise, to do the work that God intended us to do. The kind of work we do is important in God's eyes, from the person sweeping the floor to the person running the company. From the entry level civil service employee to the President, Congress, and the Supreme Court.

We glorify God through honest work, through honest service to God, etc. We end up seeing the glory of God through our individual and collective work.