Neville Goddard on Deuteronomy 8:12-20 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Deuteronomy 8 in context

Scripture Focus

12Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;

13And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;

14Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

15Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

16Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

17And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

18But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

19And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

20As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 8:12-20

Biblical Context

Deuteronomy 8:12-20 warns that abundance can puff up the heart and cause forgetfulness of the Lord who freed you. It states that the power to get wealth comes from God to establish His covenant, and forgetting leads to perishing.

Neville's Inner Vision

Observe how the text speaks to your inner landscape: wealth and success are not external trophies but signals of your inward state. When abundance comes—houses, flocks, gold—the ego may lift up and declare, 'My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.' Neville would have you reinterpret this as a warning from your own consciousness: the very manifestation of wealth is the reminder that the I AM (your true self) is the source of all power to create. The wilderness and manna become your inner discipline: they humble you, proving you, so that at your latter end you choose alignment with God rather than a self-authored boast. Do not measure yourself by outward multiplication; instead, remember that the power to get wealth flows from the I AM to fulfill a covenant of love and abundance. The fear of loss dissolves as you realize wealth is an expression of your inner state being aligned with divine intention. When you forget the Lord, you lose touch with that source; when you remember, you rediscover your truest wealth: awareness itself.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Close your eyes, place your hand on your heart, and revise any pride by affirming, I am the I AM; the power to get wealth is mine by divine partnership. Feel the reality of that power until abundance feels like your natural state.