Stone Bound by Foolish Honor
Proverbs 26:8 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 26 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
Proverbs 26:8 compares praising a fool to binding a stone in a sling. It warns that giving honor to folly harms the one who honors it by misdirecting energy and judgment.
Neville's Inner Vision
Within you, any person or belief you exalt when you know it to be untrue becomes a stone bound in your own sling. When you honor a fool, you lend your energy to a counterfeit reality, and your attention, like a sling, throws that stone toward outcomes you do not desire. The I AM, your essential awareness, remains unchanged, but you bend your imagination toward false authority and dull discernment. See that the fool is not an enemy outside you but a state of consciousness—a thought or habit you have allowed to dominate. You can choose otherwise: assume a new state of inner alignment where discernment reigns and truth is what remains when appearances fade. By revision and feeling-it-real, you shift your inner image from 'that fool is worthy of praise' to 'I recognize true value and choose wisely.' In this shift, imagination creates reality; you re-enter the inner kingdom and set your life on a wiser course.
Practice This Now
Practice: when you catch yourself honoring a fool, close your eyes and revise: 'I now revoke that honor; I AM aware of the truth within me.' Then imagine tying a stone in a sling and releasing it safely back into your inner sea, symbolizing the release of misdirected attention.
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