Neville Goddard on Proverbs 5:9-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 5 in context

Scripture Focus

9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

Proverbs 5:9-11

Biblical Context

Honor and wealth must be kept within your own inner life; when they are given to external powers, you risk loss. The passage points to an inner sovereignty where your labor serves your own inner kingdom, not the house of a stranger.

Neville's Inner Vision

Notice that the verse speaks of giving honor to others and labor to the cruel, not as a threat from without, but as a confession of your own inner state. In Neville’s psychology, the outer circumstances are reflections of how you imagine yourself. The 'cruel' is the image you have of a world that must be fed by your labor; the 'house of a stranger' is the mind where you spend energy that is not yours by consciousness but by belief. The cure is to awake to the truth that I AM is the source of all wealth and protection; when you assume that you are the keeper of your own honor, your years, your resources, this outer image becomes a mirror of the inner kingdom. Do not seek provision in the pockets of strangers; revise the assumption to: I am wealth, I am abundance, and I provide for myself through the reality I hold in consciousness. Feel it real: every thought, decision, and action returns to the truth of my inner life; the mourning fades as alignment with the I AM solidifies.

Practice This Now

Close your eyes and silently declare: I am the source of all wealth and honor; I revise any belief that my labor serves another's house. Feel it real as you affirm your inner kingdom now.