Neville Goddard on Proverbs 28:21-23 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 28 in context

Scripture Focus

21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.

23He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue.

Proverbs 28:21-23

Biblical Context

Proverbs 28:21-23 teaches that favoritism is harmful, greed corrupts perception, and true favor comes from honest, timely rebuke rather than flattery.

Neville's Inner Vision

I am learning that these verses describe a state of consciousness, not judgments about others. Presence of respect of persons is not good, for by entertaining such preference I transgress the bread-price of life—the immediate appearance of hunger for appearances. The haste to be rich reveals an evil eye: a narrowed perception that cannot see riches as a fixed state of consciousness. Poverty is not an external fate but the inner consequence of a mind that worships acquisition over truth. When I rebuke a man afterward, I find greater favour because I have chosen to correct my own mind first; the flattery of the tongue is a counterfeit that does not heal. If I align with the I AM, I stop chasing shadows and discover that rebuke, spoken in love, clears the way for a richer sense of self and a richer world. The inner change comes first; the world responds to the state I inhabit.

Practice This Now

Sit quietly, declare: I am the I AM that does not judge by outward appearance. Revise any scene of partiality by seeing all as one equal presence; then imagine gently rebuking a fault in a friend, and feel the warmth of grace returning to you.