For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Being rich in and of itself isn't evil, but putting wealth ahead of everything else in life is.
You've got the saying wrong. It goes like this:
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Being rich in and of itself isn't evil, but putting wealth ahead of everything else in life is.