Neville Goddard on Proverbs 6:16-19 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 6 in context

Scripture Focus

16These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

Proverbs 6:16-19

Biblical Context

Plain summary: The passage lists inner attitudes and schemes that God hates, including pride, deceit, wicked imaginations, quick mischief, false witness, and sowing discord. It frames these as inner states that manifest in outward harm when entertained.

Neville's Inner Vision

All six abominations are not external laws but states of consciousness you entertain within. God, the I AM, is not judging a distant person; He is the awareness you identify with. When you praise or condemn yourself by a proud look or a lying tongue, you are imagining yourself as separate from the unity of Being. A heart that devises wicked imaginations and feet swift to mischief are simply thoughts that hurry you toward disruption in your inner world, and thus you spill discord outwardly. The seven abominations exist wherever you have identified with a dream of self that excludes others. The remedy is to return to the I AM, to treat your consciousness as the stage of all events, and to revise by assumption: you are one with truth, peace, and harmony within your own mind.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and assume the I AM as your constant identity; revise the trait by affirming I am one with truth and harmony. Feel that revised state until it displaces the old imagery of pride, lies, or discord within you.