Neville Goddard on Proverbs 16:1-3 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 16 in context

Scripture Focus

1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.

2All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.

3Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.

Proverbs 16:1-3

Biblical Context

God's presence is the source of every inner preparation and spoken response. The text warns that outward tones may appear pure, yet the LORD weighs motives, and when you commit your works to Him, thoughts become established.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within this verse the LORD is the I AM within you, the governing consciousness. The 'preparations of the heart' are the inner pictures you entertain; the 'answer of the tongue' flows from that I AM when you rest in it. People may persuade themselves their ways are clean, yet the Spirit weighs the motives—your deeper self assessing intent, not punishing but aligning you with truth. To 'commit thy works unto the LORD' is to release the imagined results into this inner governor, to accept that your thoughts are established by the state you dwell in. When you hold the steadfast awareness that you are already that which you seek, your thoughts become stable and your actions gain coherent direction. The outer world then reflects the settled state of your mind, not the other way round. Practice here is the invitation to faith: assume the end, revise any contrary signal, and feel it real as the I AM you are.

Practice This Now

Imaginative act: in a quiet moment, assume the end is already real and feel it. Then declare in inner speech, 'I AM within me governs all,' and commit your current project to that inner guidance.