Stolen Waters, Inner Wisdom

Proverbs 9:15-17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Proverbs 9 in context

Scripture Focus

15To call passengers who go right on their ways:
16Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
17Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.
Proverbs 9:15-17

Biblical Context

Proverbs 9:15-17 presents the lure of secret indulgence as enticing yet ultimately hollow, urging the simple to turn toward wisdom.

Neville's Inner Vision

Think of the call in Proverbs as a summons within consciousness. The simple, the one who 'goes on his way,' is your listening mind, and the invitation to turn in is the moment you decide to re-center in the I AM. The 'stolen waters' and the 'bread eaten in secret' are not out there; they are creeping thoughts of lack and quick gratification that pretend to satisfy. They taste sweet to the surface, yet they cut you off from the living stream of awareness. When you hear the whisper of folly, you do not resist with struggle, you revise your belief about what is real; you affirm: I am the I AM, and all satisfaction flows from this unity. Turn your attention from the imagined object and dwell in the certainty of your inner wisdom. As you hold this new state, the appetite dissolves, replaced by the quiet assurance that you dwell where truth is live and present.

Practice This Now

Assume the state of being already where you wish to be; revise every craving by declaring your unity with the I AM and feel that truth form in you now.

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