Neville Goddard on Job 22:6-9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 22 in context

Scripture Focus

6For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

8But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it.

9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Job 22:6-9

Biblical Context

The passage condemns exploitation of the vulnerable—taking pledges, denying water and bread, and turning widows and orphans away. It reveals how power can distort righteousness when inner concern is missing.

Neville's Inner Vision

Job 22:6-9 speaks to your inner kingdom, not a historical crime report. The pledge taken for nought, the naked stripped of clothing, the water withheld, the bread denied—these are states of consciousness, not mere social acts. When you believe you must hoard power and dwell as the 'mighty man,' you are sheltering a false sense of self; the earth you call yours becomes a prison of limitation. The widows and the fatherless symbolize compassionate faculties that have been pushed aside by your ego's hardness. To change what you see outwardly, you must first revise the feeling behind it. Do not argue with circumstance; replace the belief that scarcity is real with the certainty that you are the I AM, the source of all nourishment and protection. In imagination, act as the universal provider, and feel the life-giving current flowing through you. As you awaken this inner covenant, acts of mercy follow and the appearance of injustice dissolves into a new, enduring peace.

Practice This Now

Assume the feeling that you are the source of water and bread for every part of your being. See yourself nourishing the inner widows and fatherless with your abundance.