Root of all evil
Root of all evil may refer to:
Love of money
- First Epistle to Timothy in the New Testament (1 Timothy 6:10, KJV): "For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil."
- Greed, one of the Seven Deadly Sins, the excessive love of money and other possessions
- Radix malorum est cupiditas, Latin for "Greed is the root of all evil"
- Two of the three Rune Poems (the Norwegian and Icelandic) describe Fehu (Wealth) as a source of fighting among kin.
Film
- The Root of All Evil (1947 film), British drama starring Michael Rennie
Music
- The Root of All Evil (album), a 2009 album by Swedish death metal band Arch Enemy
- "The Root of All Evil", part of the Twelve-step Suite and the first track of the album Octavarium, by Dream Theater
- The Root of All Evil (EP), Japanese work by all-female tribute band Iron Maidens
- "Money Is the Root of All Evil", a 1940s song by Whitney and Kramer, featured in the film High Time
- "The Root of All Evil", a song by The Beautiful South
- "Root of All Evil", a song by The Underachievers from their debut mixtape Indigoism
Comics and literature
- The Root of All Evil, a User Friendly webcomic compilation book alluding to the Unix concept of the root user
- "The Root of All Evil", a short story by Graham Greene
Television and radio
- The Root of All Evil?, a 2006 UK television documentary discussing religious faith and starring Richard Dawkins
- Lewis Black's Root of All Evil, a television series aired on Comedy Central featuring comedian Lewis Black
- The Root of All Evil Radio Show, a radio show broadcast from KFAI in Minneapolis hosted by Earl Root
Engineering
- "Premature optimization is the root of all evil" is a common proverb in computer programming
See also
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