Neville Goddard on Job 24:9 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 24 in context

Scripture Focus

9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

Job 24:9

Biblical Context

Job 24:9 depicts the exploitation of the vulnerable—the fatherless and the poor—by those who have power. It frames greed and injustice as inner states reflected in outward acts.

Neville's Inner Vision

Job 24:9 reveals the inner economy of the soul: when I claim lack, I seem to see others plundered and pledged, but this is only a state of consciousness. In the Neville method, the 'fatherless' and the 'poor' symbolize neglected parts of my being—my insecurities, fears, and unfulfilled desires. The act of plucking is not done by others, but by my belief that Life is scarce and that someone must be deprived for me to have. The correction is not to fight the world, but to revise my inner assumption. I assume a different self, a state of I AM awareness in which provision flows freely, and no pledge is necessary because abundance is my natural condition. As I dwell in this real-feeling state, the outer world begins to echo it; I notice justice arising from within, and what was taken from the vulnerable is restored as wholeness for all. The practical discipline is spiritual revision: I repeatedly 'feel it real' that I am surrounded by sufficiency, until greed loses its hold and mercy becomes living reality.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and assume the feeling of complete sufficiency. Revise the scene in imagination so the fatherless and the poor are safeguarded by your inner abundance, until that protection feels real.