Inner Peace vs Deceit
Proverbs 12:20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 12 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Deceit arises when the heart imagines evil. Those who counsel peace experience joy.
Neville's Inner Vision
Consider this verse as a note from your own I AM: every seed of deceit grows in the soil of imagined harm, because you are dwelling in a state that accepts conflict as real. When you imagine evil, you set your inner climate to resistance and fear; your outer world mirrors that mood in ways you call circumstances. Yet the moment you treat peace as your primary stance, you become the counselor of peace in your own mind, and joy is the natural fruit. In Neville's sight, God is not a distant ruler but the I AM within you—the eternal observer who never sins, never fears, only imagines. By choosing to revise any scene of deceit into one of reconciliation, you shift the inner movement from attack to healing. The feeling of peace, faithfulness, and gentleness becomes your reality and your experience of the day. Your mind, when aligned with peace, interprets every event as supporting that truth, and joy responds accordingly.
Practice This Now
Take the stance: I am the counselor of peace now. In a quiet moment, revise the image that imagined evil into a calm, harmonious outcome and feel the joy as if it were already true.
The Bible Through Neville










Neville Bible Sparks









