Greed's Net of the I Am

Proverbs 1:17-19 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Proverbs 1 in context

Scripture Focus

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 1:17-19

Biblical Context

Greed is a net that traps the greedy and harms them; the passage shows that pursuing gain drains the life of the owner.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the verse as a lesson in the psychology of desire. The birds represent your awareness, and the net is a habitual belief that life and supply must be hunted outside of you. As long as you identify with a 'greedy' state, you lay traps for your own blood, your energy and life. The 'ways of every one that is greedy of gain' are simply worn paths of lack in your consciousness; they do not threaten the I Am, the true you. The I Am is the realm of presence where wealth is already yours. When you imagine that you are wealthy, you are not chasing wealth; you are recognizing wealth as a present state of consciousness. The inner net dissolves when you revise the assumption: life and provision are within, not outside. The law operates: imagination creates reality, and your outer world follows your inner vision. See that the greed is a signal to return to the I Am and dwell there until it feels natural.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Assume the state 'I am wealthy now' until it feels real; revise greed by living from the conviction that the life I seek already exists in consciousness.

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