Neville Goddard on Proverbs 9:1-6 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 9 in context

Scripture Focus

1Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

2She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table.

3She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city,

4Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

5Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

6Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Proverbs 9:1-6

Biblical Context

Wisdom builds a seven-pillared house and invites the simple to turn inward, offering bread and wine; by choosing understanding over foolishness, one enters a life guided by inner discernment.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider that Wisdom is not a person separate from you but a state of consciousness you awaken. She has built her house within your mind, with seven pillars—call them attention, faith, discipline, discernment, imagination, receptivity, and action. The beasts slain and the wine mingled symbolize the laying down of impulse and the infusion of Spirit into your feeling life. The maidens’ cry from the highest places invites you, the simple, to turn inward and receive guidance. To eat of her bread and drink of her wine is to let Truth nourish perception itself, so that imagination becomes a reliable instrument capable of satisfying the mind’s hunger. The command to forsake foolishness is not a punishment but a choosing of a new state of being. Live by understanding; let your consciousness inhabit the house of Wisdom, and the outer world will rearrange itself to fit the inner order. When you accept this, you will find you are no longer wandering but dwelling in a realm where insight produces fruit.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: Close your eyes and declare I am in the house of Wisdom; I eat the bread of understanding and drink the wine of inner assurance. Then reaffirm I forsake foolishness and live by understanding until this inner image feels real.