Refusing Greed's Enticement

Proverbs 1:10-19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Proverbs 1 in context

Scripture Focus

10My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
12Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
14Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
15My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
16For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
17Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Proverbs 1:10-19

Biblical Context

Proverbs 1:10–19 warns against joining those who chase wealth through violence. It shows greed as a waking dream that drains life and community.

Neville's Inner Vision

To the one who dares to listen, the 'sons' and the enticers are not far-off sinners but states of consciousness vying for control. The invitation 'come with us' is a pressure to cast your awareness into a common purse, a shared attitude that believes wealth must be scavenged at the expense of others. Yet the verse exposes the vanity of such schemes: the net spread in sight of a bird, the trap that devours its own mates. When you identify greed as a repeated pattern of thought rather than a person, you can choose differently. In truth, you are the I AM, the same consciousness that creates a world where abundance flows as a natural energy, not as a theft. The remedy is to refuse alignment with those persuasive states and to occupy a higher inner economy—one of wisdom, obedience to divine order, and generosity. Recognize every urge to hoard as a test of your inner faith, and answer with the assumption that you already possess fullness within.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the feeling of abundant wealth that serves wisdom; mentally revise the 'one purse' idea into a mind that shares blessing with all.

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