Neville Goddard on Judges 14:15-19 - 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.

18And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

19And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.

Judges 14:15-19

Biblical Context

On the seventh day, Samson’s wife presses him to reveal the riddle; he relents and tells it to her people. The men press him for the answer, and the Spirit of the LORD comes upon him as he defeats thirty men, takes their garments, and returns to his father’s house, his anger rising afterward.

Neville's Inner Vision

Judges 14:15-19, from the Neville Goddard lens, is not about a secret riddle in a statue of muscle but a drama of consciousness and belief. The wife’s tears and the city’s demand symbolize the pressures of a mind that fears exposure, a state that is already anticipating loss if truth is spoken. The seventh day signals the completion of a cycle in which a thought-form governs your sense of reality; when Samson finally tells the riddle, he reveals not just a puzzle solved but a belief given voice. The Spirit of the LORD coming upon him represents the I AM awakening the inner energy that animates action when aligned with truth. The outward act of slaying and the exchange of garments symbolize how a revised inner meaning births new conditions in your life—proof appearing as external change, a new “garment” of circumstance. Anger fires when the old state resists, yet the turning point comes as your awareness accepts the riddle’s true answer: you are the creator of every scene, and your inner decision alone makes power manifest.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: Close your eyes and declare in present tense, 'I am the answer to my life-riddle now.' Then sense the inner I AM flowing through you, dissolving the old belief and confirming a new possibility.