Inner Wealth and Wisdom
Proverbs 21:20 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 21 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Proverbs 21:20 contrasts inner wealth stored by the wise with the foolish spending of their riches. It suggests that consciousness stores riches when rightly tended and wastes them when ruled by craving.
Neville's Inner Vision
See this as a doorway into your inner economy. There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise, not as possessions, but as images, meanings, and discernment kept by steady attention. The foolish man spends it up when desire outruns perception. In Neville's mood, the wise preserve the energy of consciousness by quieting appetite and choosing images that nourish life. The oil is the anointing of insight that flows when you tend the inner workshop: correct beliefs, deliberate thought, and patient expectation. Every wish becomes a current of consciousness you feed, not a hunger you feed to the world. By assuming the state of abundance, you awaken to the fact that you already are wealth and provision; the I AM within you stores and releases riches as you dwell in stillness and imagination.
Practice This Now
Sit in quiet and say, I AM the wise steward of my inner riches; my treasure and oil are steady in consciousness, and I feel them now. Let the sense of fullness rise with each breath.
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