Neville Goddard on Proverbs 7:1-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 7 in context

Scripture Focus

1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.

2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.

3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:

5That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.

6For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

7And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

8Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

9In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

10And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.

11(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

12Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.)

13So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,

14I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.

15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

19For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

20He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.

21With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

22He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

23Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

24Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.

25Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

26For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

27Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

Proverbs 7:1-27

Biblical Context

The passage urges you to keep Wisdom close and live by its commandments, binding discipline to every part of you. It warns that following temptations leads to ruin, while obedience to inner law preserves life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you, the proverb is not a history but a map of consciousness. The 'young man void of understanding' is the moment when you wander through the streets of idle thoughts, ungrounded in a clear I AM presence. The 'strange woman' with flattering speech stands for any impulse promising fullness without the discipline of alignment. To hear the call of wisdom is to offer it your sistership—call wisdom 'my sister' and understanding 'my kin'—so that every thought rises under the light of inner law. When you bind the commandments to your fingers and write them on your heart, you claim a state of awareness that cannot be lured away by appearances. The path described—twilight, evening, dark—symbolizes the moment you forget who you are and wander toward the snare. Yet the I AM remains, and by practicing the revision of impressions and the feeling of living in harmony with wisdom, you return to life, out of fear and toward a lucid, fearless vitality. The house of death becomes simply a state of consciousness you no longer inhabit.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and imagine Wisdom as a steadfast sister guiding your steps. When a tempting thought rises, revise it by affirming your inner commandments and feel the I AM steadying you toward life.