Inner Wisdom in Proverbs 21:11-12
Proverbs 21:11-12 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 21 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
When the scorner is punished, the simple becomes wise, and the wise grows through instruction; the righteous observe the wicked, but divine awareness overthrows their wickedness.
Neville's Inner Vision
In this inner parable, the scorner is a stubborn tendency of mind—fault-finding, hardened opinion. When you 'punish' that tendency by refusing to feed it with attention, the simple part of you wakes up and becomes wise through the instruction of reality. The wise who listen to correction receive knowledge; you, in the I AM, sense yourself as the observer who instructs the images of fear and rumor, and their power diminishes. The 'house of the wicked' is the inner pattern, the dream of separation; you examine it with discerning sight, not with judgment, and you see it crumble under divine law. God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness means your higher self, your I AM, does not punish you but simply ends the old dream by awakening. So the key is to dwell in the state of the witness: assume that you are aware, and revise any belief that supports a 'wicked' inner house. In your imagination, let the old structure collapse and the new order arise—the wise within you already knows.
Practice This Now
Imaginative Act: Sit quietly and assume the state of I AM, the observer. Revise a limiting belief about yourself as if it already happened, feel it real, and notice the inner 'house' of the wicked dissolving into wisdom.
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