Neville Goddard on Proverbs 6:10-11 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Proverbs 6 in context

Scripture Focus

10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

Proverbs 6:10-11

Biblical Context

Proverbs 6:10-11 says a little sleep and folding of the hands lead to poverty, arriving suddenly like a traveler or an armed man. It cautions against sloth and urges steady, awake effort.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within you is the I AM, the living awareness that creates. The little sleep is a moment of mental retreat; if you linger, you consent to a state of lack, and poverty arrives like a traveler, a reminder that thought and deed have fallen out of rhythm. Wealth is not afar; it is the steady alignment of imagination with action. When you keep the mind awake to its own power, you discern wisely what to do, and you tend the inner garden so that provision follows. Perseverance and endurance are the muscle of the I AM, transforming a fleeting thought into consistent reality. The outward world will mirror the inner posture: you are not subject to fortune, you are the maker of fortune by choosing to act from the I AM now.

Practice This Now

Imaginative Act: Upon waking, assume the I AM awake and wealth flows through disciplined action today. Then revise any impulse to delay by taking one concrete step right now, and feel it as already accomplished.