Inner Justice, Outer Consequences
Proverbs 28:17 - A Neville Goddard interpretation
Read Proverbs 28 in context
Scripture Focus
Biblical Context
The verse states that violence toward others leads to judgment and inner exile, with no one able to shield the violator from consequence. It points to inner accountability under the law of life.
Neville's Inner Vision
Read as I read it: a man who harms another with violence is the one who harbors a violent thought-world in his own consciousness. The 'blood' is not a physical stream alone but the energy impressioned by fear, anger, and domination. The 'pit' is the inner chamber of separation, where the sense of being cut off from life seals him away from harmony. Yet this law is not punitive from without; it is the natural consequence of a mind that believes it can violate life. When I accept and feel the truth that all life is one, I erase the need for punishment by assuming the opposite state: I am the I AM, the steady, just Presence that protects and upholds life. I decide now to inhabit that law, to treat every being as sacred, and to let the conviction of justice govern my thoughts, words, and deeds. In that act, the violent impulse loses its pull; the pit dissolves, replaced by the ocean of being where truth and compassion dwell. The outer world then reflects this inner alignment: fairness, honesty, and faithful regard for life.
Practice This Now
Imaginative act: Assume the feeling 'I am the law of life and justice, and nothing in me or in my world harms a single life.' Sit with that for two minutes, breathing as if you are already living in that state, and revise any violent impulse into a gesture of protection and love.
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