The love of money leads to all kinds of evil. Paul warns that obsession with gain has caused people "to pierce themselves through with many sorrows" (1 Timothy 6:9-10).
Notice the individual pierces himself. Greed blinds us to our behaviors. We justify our words and our actions. We may violate others rights to be treated with respect. We may become deceptive and manipulative with others and tell ourselves they deserve it, or we are justified in doing it.
We may begin to gamble with our income, either by games or by risking much of our income on risky stocks or unstable business. We may use credit cards for gifts, clothes or trappings around the house until we can barely keep up with the monthly interest with no hope of getting out of debt.
Driven by things of this world will kill us (1 John 2:15-17).
