From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Evelyn C. Leeper  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."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)