Walking with Wise Hearts
Proverbs 13:20-21 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 13 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Your outer companions reflect your inner state. Walk with wise thoughts and you grow wise, but align with fools and your inner security may be undone.
Neville's Inner Vision
The proverbs are not about others in the world, but about the company your mind keeps. If you assume the company of the wise, you enter a state of consciousness where discernment, integrity, and productive action arise; your imagination begins to move as a master, shaping circumstances to accord with that inner order. To walk with fools is to permit a noisy, fearful, or petty atmosphere to rule your thoughts; such a state erodes confidence and rearranges reality to mirror limitation. Evil pursueth sinners: in Neville's terms, persistently dwelling in fear or complaint attracts more of the same until you revise your state. The righteous, who live from the I AM, find that good follows their declared state—impressions, opportunities, and relations align with the inner verdict of abundance and justice. The law is inward and obedient: you become what you entertain. The verse invites you to revise not the world, but your inner posture, so your life becomes a faithful reflection of your most settled state.
Practice This Now
Imaginative_act: Assume you are walking with wise men in your inner circle; feel the steady guidance of their presence. Revise a current fear or lack as already realized in your consciousness.
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