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From: djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt)
Subject: Re: MT VOID, 08/09/24 -- Vol. 43, No. 6, Whole Number 2340
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In article <v9ap9c$2p846$1@dont-email.me>,
Evelyn C. Leeper <evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com> wrote:
>But money itself is not "the root of all
>earthly evils"; the reference is to 1 Timothy 6:10, which says,
>"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." [italics mine]

[Hal Heydt]
Far from the only modern idiom that is a mangled Biblical quote.
Take "gilding the lily", where the original is "painting the lily
and gilding refine'd gold."