Neville Goddard on Job 31:16-22 - 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;

18(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

19If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

20If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

21If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:

22Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

Job 31:16-22

Biblical Context

Job declares he did not withhold from the poor, nor cause the widow or fatherless to suffer. He presents his generosity as a life-long practice nurtured from youth.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Job 31:16-22, I hear a trial not of external deeds but of the state of consciousness. The poor, the widow, and the fatherless are not distant sufferers; they are the images of lack within your own mind seeking the light of awareness. To withhold from them is to withhold your awareness of the I AM that supplies all. When you fear they will be hungry or cold, you reveal fear for your own inner supply. The line from my youth he was brought up with me speaks of a rooted habit, a consciousness you have cultivated—the generosity that is the natural posture of God within. The pledge let mine arm fall is not a punishment but a symbolic revision: you refuse to identify with scarcity and you embrace the truth that you are the source of every resource. See the poor as the manifestation of thoughts you have the power to transform by belief. When you align with abundance as your true nature, acts of charity spring forth as natural expressions, not burdens. Your world then mirrors your inner assurance: God within provides, and there is no lack.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and assume I am the source of all abundance, and feel provision already mine. If scarcity arises, revise by affirming I supply all, I am all, and all is given through me.