Neville Goddard on Proverbs 7:8-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 7 in context

Scripture Focus

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 7:8-9

Biblical Context

A figure walks the street toward a tempting destination at dusk, signaling how perception can drift toward danger and moral compromise.

Neville's Inner Vision

Outwardly the text places a youth on a street near a corner, moving toward a house at twilight and the dark night. In Neville’s psychology, the scene is a map of an inner state: temptation arises not from a person but from a belief that a separate self can be drawn away from the I AM. The corner, the house, and the hour symbolize moments when consciousness loses its center and imagination becomes persuasive. The 'he' is a current of belief that such a lure could claim him, yet the I AM remains untouched by that image. To reinterpret, you do not fight an external lure; you revise the inner sense of self until the impulse loses its charge. When you identify with the one Presence, the apparent danger fades, and your path becomes one of discernment—choosing integrity, purity, and the wisdom that no temptation can claim you while you dwell in awareness.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Sit quietly, close your eyes, and imagine yourself at the inner doorway where I AM stands steady; decree, 'I am the I AM, untouched by impulse,' and feel the urge dissolve as you rest in that certainty.