Neville Goddard on Proverbs 7:6-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 7 in context

Scripture Focus

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:

Proverbs 7:6-9

Biblical Context

From a window, the observer notes a naive youth moving toward temptation at twilight, signaling how ignorance opens doors to risky paths. The text urges discernment and integrity to avoid moral peril.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the theater of my own awareness, the window is the boundary of consciousness. The simple ones and the youth are undisciplined states of mind—pregnant with possibility yet raw in discernment. The house at the corner and the path near it are not external snares but inner images of distraction that promise relief while feeding confusion when perception is dim. Twilight and darkness symbolize thoughts that seem to hide truth but actually invite impulse. I am not at the mercy of appearances, for I am the I AM, the awareness that creates each scene. Temptation arises as an inner movement; I can refuse it, revise the picture, and let the impulse dissolve. The moment I dwell as the steady observer who commands the flow of thoughts, the drama loses its grip and becomes clarity. I return to the light of discernment, choosing wisdom, integrity, and steadiness. The inner house becomes a sanctuary, not a trap, and I walk within it under the guidance of an awake intelligence.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling: I AM the observer, and I turn away from the tempting path. In the next breath, revise the scene by silently declaring, 'I govern my consciousness; I choose wisdom over impulse'.