Neville Goddard on Proverbs 2:16-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 2 in context

Scripture Focus

16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

Proverbs 2:16-19

Biblical Context

The passage warns that the seductive flatteries of the strange woman pull you away from your inner guide and God's covenant, leading toward death and away from life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the Neville lens, the strange woman is not a person but a voice in the mind offering quick pleasure. The guide of her youth is your inner compass, the covenant with God your I AM. When attention forgets this covenant, you drift toward a house that leans to death; the true path of life lies in returning to the conscious awareness that you are the I AM and that imagination creates reality. By holding to this inner state and refusing the flatteries, you displace the temptation and make the paths of life your habitual movement. Your life becomes the visible result of your sustained awareness, not of external promises. Deliverance comes through a steady act of revision and feeling it real, aligning every moment with the life that already is within you.

Practice This Now

Assume the state of deliverance now: I am the I AM; I deliver myself from every temptation. Sit quiet, breathe, and feel the truth of life within; then imagine yourself walking the path of life, leaving the flatteries behind.