Neville Goddard on Job 20:15-16 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 20 in context

Scripture Focus

15He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

16He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him.

Job 20:15-16

Biblical Context

The passage describes a man who swallows riches only to vomit them up, and who is struck by the poison of asps.

Neville's Inner Vision

Consider the verses as a mirror of your own consciousness. To swallow riches is to take into awareness the belief that wealth is the measure of life; the vomiting is the inner turning away from that belief. When God casts riches out of the belly, it is the I AM withdrawing identification from the chase of external provision—an inner release that clears the space for a new image. The poison of asps and the viper’s tongue symbolize self-destructive thoughts that attend greed: the thought that wealth will save you while it drains your vitality. The law remains: you are judged not by outward fortune but by the state of consciousness you inhabit. By shifting to wealth as a state of being—an abundance felt within, security arising from awareness—the old attachments are expelled and external provision follows as a natural expression. Your true wealth is the I AM, the ever-present flow of Being, never depleted.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, take a breath, and assume the feeling that you have swallowed riches in your imagination and now release them; the I AM within you casts out attachment. Rest in the relief as you feel yourself abundant in awareness, not in things.