Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things.
Consider the scope of the illustrations from the soldier, the athlete, and the farmer.
And the Lord give thee ... 'Aleph (') A C Delta f g, Vulgate, read 'for the Lord will give thee' etc. Thou canst understand my meaning as applying to thyself ministerially; for the Lord will give thee apprehension, when thou seekest it, "in all things." Not intellectual perception, but personal appropriation of the truths metaphorically expressed, was what he needed from the Lord.