Neville Goddard on Proverbs 1:24-27 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 1 in context

Scripture Focus

24Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

Proverbs 1:24-27

Biblical Context

God calls and offers guidance, but people refuse; counsel and reproof are rejected, and fear and calamity follow as the natural consequence of that inner refusal.

Neville's Inner Vision

Proverbs 1:24–27 speaks in the language of your own consciousness. When I say God has called and stretched out a hand, I am pointing to the I AM within you—the awareness that is always present and never broken. The refusal is not a fact about God but a choice in your state of mind. Wisdom stands within as a patient guide, offering counsel and reproof to redirect your attention from fear to freedom. To resist this call is to dwell in a closed circle where your thoughts reenact calamity, so that fear comes as desolation and destruction as a restless wind. The moment you stop arguing with the inner voice and accept that the call is yours to answer, the entire scene shifts. Calamity then loses its power because you have redefined the situation from the level of awareness itself. Fear is not an external storm but a belief you are clinging to; ease returns the instant you realize you are always the same I AM, and that counsel is your own natural function of consciousness.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, breathe, and declare: I AM the call and I answer now. Feel that recognition as a living presence in your chest, and act as if you are listening to the inner counsel in every moment.