Inner Wealth and the Tree of Life

Proverbs 13:11-12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation

Read Proverbs 13 in context

Scripture Focus

11Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
12Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:11-12

Biblical Context

Wealth gained by vanity diminishes; wealth earned by labor increases. Hope deferred sickens the heart, but desire fulfilled brings life.

Neville's Inner Vision

Take this as a doorway into your own consciousness: wealth that springs from vanity is but a fleeting image in your mind; the outer sign you seek is only the echo of an inner lack. When I teach that wealth must come from labor, I mean the labor of imagination—steady, faithful assumption that your I AM is the source and the mover. Do not chase pennies; revise the inner state until your feeling matches the reality you desire. The 'increase' is the inner renewal that follows disciplined attention, not a random windfall. The second line is not about time, but about belief. Hope deferred sickens the heart because you dwell in the absence of what you insist you do not yet have; but when you allow the desire to stand as present, the tree of life grows within you. You are the I AM imagining; your world is but the stage for that imagination to take flesh. Wealth then becomes the natural expression of your inner state, and provision follows as the fruit of your inner labor.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Sit quietly, revise the sense of lack, and assume the feeling of 'I am wealth gathered by my mind's labor' as already real. Then carry that feeling into your day, noticing responses that align with abundance.

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