Neville Goddard on Psalms 15:3-4 - Mystical Bible Interpretation

Read Psalms 15 in context

Scripture Focus

3He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

4In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

Psalms 15:3-4

Biblical Context

It instructs not to backbite or harm your neighbor, nor reproach them. It also calls you to honor the godly and to keep your word, even when keeping it costs you.

Neville's Inner Vision

Within the inner theater, the backbiting tongue betrays a state of consciousness doubting divine harmony. To condemn a 'vile' person is to reveal a split in my own awareness; I am choosing to see the godly in others and to honor what fears the LORD within them. This is not moralizing; it is alignment with the I AM that underwrites all relationship. When I commit and keep my word—even at my own hurt—I am not punished; I am restored to wholeness, for fidelity to the inner law summons the outer world to reflect that fidelity. By choosing speech that blesses and exalts, I revise the inner atmosphere until it becomes a reality. The true posture is reverence, not judgment, and the imagination becomes the instrument by which I keep my covenant with truth.

Practice This Now

Practice now: close your eyes and affirm 'I am the I AM; I speak only truth and blessing about all whom I know.' If a critical thought arises, revise it into a blessing and feel-it-real that my word is kept, even at cost to me.