Neville Goddard on Proverbs 4:1-7 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 4 in context

Scripture Focus

1Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

2For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

3For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother.

4He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live.

5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

6Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

Proverbs 4:1-7

Biblical Context

Listen to instruction and seek understanding. The verse frames wisdom and discipline as the path to life.

Neville's Inner Vision

To you, the reader, this is not history but the living room of your own consciousness. Hearing is an inner hearing; the 'father' is the state you are in, the 'law' is your habitual response to life. When it says, 'Get wisdom, get understanding,' it is a command issued by your own I AM to inhabit a new inner posture. Your mind is invited to treat every situation as a warning and every prompt as a signal that you already possess the answer. The 'principal thing' is the priority you place on consciousness itself; the more you collapse your attention into the present inner truth, the more you live by it. To love wisdom is to align your inner speech with the commandment you would keep; to 'keep my commandments, and live' means to act from the inner text of your being rather than from fear. Remember: imagination is the seed of all form; plant the image of living wisely, and your state becomes your world.

Practice This Now

Assume you are already the wise father within; silently repeat, 'I AM wisdom; I keep wisdom's words.' Feel that certainty settle as you move through daily life.