Reminds me of a piece of artwork by Charles M. Russell. Two cowboys are robbing a preacher. The caption is..
“If money’s the root of all evil,
Your reverence is going to weed.
It is the duty of a Saint, not a sinner,
To shake out your clothes for the seed.”
Russell might’ve been a good artist but he didn’t know his Bible. Money isn’t the root of all evil; the LOVE OF money is the root of all evil.
The biblical quote is “The love of money is the root of all evil.” G.B. Shaw said “The lack of money is the root of all evil.” (And “Work is the curse of the drinking class.”) A suppose avarice is an evil, but being productive is essential to happiness.