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.
It has 2 sides, depending on which side we look at. I think it is not wrong to say that money is the root of evil, because it does not eliminate the fact that money can also bring good. On the other hand, money can bring good, but we cannot deny that money can also be a source of evil.
This depends on the person himself, something that is good can become something that can be destructive if someone uses it wrongly. And also something that is considered dangerous can become something useful if it is in the right hands.
The point is that we cannot claim that money will bring evil without being able to bring good, and vice versa, because as I said before it depends on the person.