If we say money is the root of evil it means that money doesn't do any good but if you think critically about this you wouldn't really describe it this way. There are lots of people that made money from working hard for many years and are now enjoying the reward of their hardwork, while there are others that have nothing doing but aim to have an extravagant lifestyle, these are the people you are supposed to look out for, they are the ones that look for shortcuts to make wealth this might make them commit all sorts of atrocities just to become rich overnight, The love and obsession of money is the root of all evil not money itself.
It all comes back to yourself, we cannot say that money is the root of evil because on the other hand money can also be the root to create goodness so that money can change or be utilized on both sides, it depends on how we manage money and I think evil or goodness is not always because money all comes back to yourself so I conclude that money cannot be linked anywhere to evil or goodness.