“Greed causes misery, hardship, toil, danger, blood, death and destruction. It compels us to make money, but forbids the use of it; lovers of money endure the pain but do not get the pleasures. It causes anxieties and distractions.”
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 1 Timothy 6:10-11
Abraham Malherbe in “Godliness, Self-Sufficiency, Greed and the Enjoyment of Wealth: 1 Timothy 6:3-19” Novum Testamentum (2010) 52:398.