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Listen, my son, and accept my judgment; do not reject my counsel.
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Put your feet into her fetters, and your neck into her collar.
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Put your shoulder under her and carry her, and do not fret under her bonds.
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Come to her with all your soul, and keep her ways with all your might.
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Search out and seek, and she will become known to you; and when you get hold of her, do not let her go.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.