The Inner Pit Of Temptation
Proverbs 22:14 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 22 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse warns that alluring speech and temptation open a deep pit. Those who stay aligned with the LORD do not fall into it.
Neville's Inner Vision
Picture the 'mouth of strange women' as the voice of tempting thoughts in your own consciousness—the easy, seductive story that you are apart from your divine source. The pit is not a future doom but a present movement of belief; when you identify with God as I AM, the ground of fear, longing, and self-will dissolves. The LORD represents your true center, the awareness that never leaves its throne. To 'abhor the LORD' is to refuse your own indwelling divinity; to fall is to entertain a state in which you forget who you are. The moment you imagine yourself as the I AM, you reverse the scene: the tempting current loses its pull, the pit becomes a metaphor you step over by conscious assumption. Your world responds not to the appearance, but to the state of consciousness you hold in silence. Wait, not wait—live the truth: you are the imaginer, and every voice answers to your inner decree.
Practice This Now
Assume the state of I AM now. When temptation arises, revise the belief: 'I am the I AM; this is not me; I remain aligned with divine consciousness,' and feel it real for a minute.
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