Neville Goddard on Proverbs 23:27-35 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 23 in context

Scripture Focus

27For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

28She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

29Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

30They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

31Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

32At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

34Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Proverbs 23:27-35

Biblical Context

The verses warn that chasing sexual allure and wine leads to ruin, pain, and loss; the imagery of ditches and pits shows how error grows when we feed desire.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this proverb the outer scene is a mirror of the inner mind. The 'deep ditch' and the 'narrow pit' are not literal places but states of consciousness you enter when you forget you are the I AM—the quiet awareness that remains unmoved by craving. The wine stands not as a beverage but as a seductive thought-pleasure that pretends to fulfill longing while diverting energy from your true center. When you identify with the sensation rather than the witness, the path tightens and the eyes slip toward images of 'strange women' and the heart speaks in ways you do not approve. Neville teaches that the danger is not wine or woman, but the belief that you are the doer of cravings; you are only perceiving them. Return to the I AM, watch the impulse, and revise it by blessing the calm presence that notices. In that holy moment the seafaring cannot topple you; you awaken, not to defeat, but to the memory of your eternal state.