Neville Goddard on Nehemiah 5:6-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Nehemiah 5 in context

Scripture Focus

6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.

7Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

Nehemiah 5:6-7

Biblical Context

Nehemiah hears the people’s cry, becomes very angry, and consults with himself. He rebukes the nobles for exacting usury and sets a great assembly against them.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within Neville’s reading, the cry is a signal from your consciousness that justice is calling. The anger you feel is not a personal grievance against people but the energy of a desired inner order demanding change. You consult with yourself—the I AM—casting a discerning gaze over the thoughts and beliefs you have tolerated. The rebuke you pronounce upon the nobles and rulers is the stern refusal to let greed and fear exact usury from any part of your being; it is inward discipline, not outer punishment. Setting a great assembly becomes the act of gathering every part of your mind into one council, aligning memory, impulse, appetite, and idea with a single law of fairness. When inner movements are rightly ordered, your outer world reflects that harmony: righteous action toward all, and a new love that regards the neighbor within as equal to the neighbor without. You are not attacking others but harmonizing the inner kingdom, and in that unity, justice takes root as a lived reality of I AM.

Practice This Now

Imaginative_act: In a quiet moment, assume the role of the inner governor; envision the inner council assembled—fears, desires, and kindness present. Declare, 'We will not exact usury on any part of me,' and feel the steady rise of inner order, then allow that sense of justice to linger.