What is the root of all evil? Well most would say it's the love of money, even the bible says that. But just what does "the love of money" mean? Think about it, when someone is desperate to get money what do they usually do? They get greedy and do whatever it takes to get some. The true root of all evil is greed and selfishness. Which means the top commandment would be "Thou Shall Not Covet." If you look back to any sin committed, the reason behind it has to do with the fact that they don't have something they want (covet), and if we don't covet anything and learn to be content with exactly what we have, then we won't sin or atleast we'll be liable to sin less Take the first sin for example: Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the one tree they were commanded not to eat from. They had everything they needed right in front of them and they could've been perfectly happy that way, But they coveted fruit from the one tree they could not eat from. B