Neville Goddard on Judges 14:15-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Judges 14 in context

Scripture Focus

15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?

16And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?

17And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

Judges 14:15-17

Biblical Context

Judges 14:15–17 shows Samson’s wife pressing him to reveal the riddle on the seventh day, and he eventually tells her, who then shares it with her people amid threats.

Neville's Inner Vision

See this as your inner theatre, not a history of others. The wife and the men outside are your competing inner states—desire, fear, and the need for relief—pressing you toward disclosure. The riddle stands for a truth kept within your consciousness, a meaning of your life as the I AM. The seven days symbolize a period of inner waiting while the impression of that truth matures in imagination. Samson’s act of telling the riddle arises under pressure; your decision to withhold or share arises from the state you choose to identify with in the moment. The outer host who learns the riddle mirrors how belief travels through your inner community of states. The healing comes not from yielding to coercion but from recognizing you control the scene by your assumption. When you remain faithful to the truth you value, you align with the I AM and restore unity within your inner camp. In every scene of pressure, you can revise by choosing the state in which the answer is already known, keeping your secret safe in the sovereignty of consciousness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, assume the state that already knows the truth and will reveal it only to your inner council, not to fear; feel it real by loving the I AM and guarding the inner unity.