Neville Goddard on Job 31:16-17 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Job 31 in context

Scripture Focus

16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

17Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof;

Job 31:16-17

Biblical Context

Job 31:16-17 condemns withholding help from the poor, the widow, and the fatherless, insisting on fair treatment and shared sustenance. It calls for mercy, justice, and human dignity.

Neville's Inner Vision

Viewed through the I AM, this passage exposes how I separate myself from abundance by withholding care. In the inner theater, to withhold from the poor, the widow, or the fatherless is to contract the energy of life itself, shrinking the field of experience. The line 'eaten morsel alone' translates to the self’s isolation in consciousness, a belief that I exist apart from the Life that feeds all. To awaken, I must revise my state of being. If I rest in a state where giving is natural and I am one with the needs of all, the outer scene reconfigures to reflect that inner communion. Mercy is not merely a social rule but a vibrational posture of the I AM: when I feel the joy of shared bread, when generosity is imagined as the norm, deprivation dissolves and I am reminded that I am the source of all sustenance. The call for righteousness becomes an invitation to awaken to the truth that my inner world creates the world I see; by choosing compassion in imagination, I restore wholeness to myself and to others.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and revise the scene: you are the generous feeder in inner life, supplying the needs of the poor, widow, and fatherless. Feel the abundance as if it were already done, and let that feeling meld with your I AM.