The Food Of Your Words
Proverbs 18:20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 18 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse says the fruit of the mouth nourishes the belly. Fullness comes when your speech aligns with abundance.
Neville's Inner Vision
Your inner banquet is cooked by the seed of speech you allow to rise in consciousness. The belly here is symbolic: it is the appetite of being, satisfied not by famine of circumstance but by the fruit you permit from your lips. When you speak, you are feeding the state of awareness you inhabit. If you declare lack or fear, you nourish a hollow belly; if you declare fullness, you nourish a vibrant life. In this sense, God is I AM, the awareness that watches your mouth and answers with substance. What you assume in imagination and speak with confidence sets up the very conditions you will meet. Therefore, treat every word as a vote for the world you wish to live in. Practice imagining your speech as healing, sustaining, and abundant, and feel the reality of that nourishment already in you. The increase of your lips is the increase of consciousness; your life swells to fit the truth you consistently declare.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit calmly, place your hand on your belly, and repeat, 'The fruit of my mouth nourishes my life,' imagining a warm light flowing into you as you speak. Do this for a minute, feeling it already real.
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