Neville Goddard on Proverbs 5:5-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 5 in context

Scripture Focus

5Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.

6Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.

Proverbs 5:5-6

Biblical Context

These verses describe how pursuing a tempting path leads toward death and ruin, and warn that its course is uncertain and hard to know.

Neville's Inner Vision

These lines reveal the same truth I offer: life and death are states of consciousness, not distant places. The feet that go down to death are your habitual patterns of thought—fear, desire, laxity—that pull you toward ruin. The steps that hold on hell are the automatic feelings that arise when you forget the I AM within you and identify with lack or a future you fear. The warning that her ways are movable is a blessing: the path is not fixed by outer circumstance; it shifts as you revise your inner state. If you would walk the path of life, turn inward to the awareness that you ARE the I AM, here and now. In that light, the temptation loses its grip, because you no longer believe it defines you. Practice the art of revision: when a compelling habit tempts you, imagine a different outcome as already real, and feel it with certainty. Persist in the assumption until your inner conviction alters the very next step you take. Know that the movable nature of the path is a signal that you can choose anew at any moment.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes, breathe the I AM into your chest, and revise the sense of your path. Say, 'My feet are on the path of life; every step now moves toward wholeness,' and feel it as real.