Neville Goddard on Proverbs 1:5-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 1 in context

Scripture Focus

5A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

6To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.

7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 1:5-7

Biblical Context

A wise person listens, increases learning, and seeks inner counsel; reverence for the inner source is the starting point of knowledge, while fools reject wisdom and instruction.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you lies the meaning of Proverbs 1:5-7, not as distant commands but as states of consciousness. When you assume the stance of the wise man who hears, learning expands because your awareness expands; you become capable of discerning deeper patterns and aligning with inner guidance. The 'man of understanding' is the discernment that arises when you stop resisting and begin interpreting life from the vantage point of I AM. The proverb and its 'dark sayings' reveal themselves as you hold a stable inner gaze, translating symbols into living truth. The line 'the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge' becomes a reverence for your own source—the I AM within—as the starting point of all knowing. Those who resist instruction are acting from a fear-based identity; you, by contrast, dwell in the certainty that wisdom is an inner revision away. This is how a life can be rearranged: by listening to the inner counsel that arises from present awareness and letting it guide every decision.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes, declare, 'I am the wise man who hears and learns; I revise every doubt into understanding,' and feel your I AM as the source of all knowledge guiding you from within.