“Therefore dearly beloved, the rust is the worm which seeks alone to possess the recesses of the human heart. The worm is envy and avarice. But the thief is the devil. Believe this. To lay his plots against good deeds, he flatters us with the pomp of the world. To keep a man from sharing in the heavenly kingdom, he puts gold in his hands, silver before his eyes, and gems about his neck. In this way he nourishes pride and by the goad of covetousness enkindles the desires of the flesh.”
People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. 1 Timothy 6:9
Valerian of Cimiez, 5th century monk of Lerins, homilist and Bishop of Cimiez from Homily 7.3 on 1 Tim 6:9 in The Good Works Reader, ed. by Thomas C. Oden (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2007) 306.