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26 Put your neck under her yoke,
    and allow your souls to receive instruction;
    it is close by if you wish to find it.
27 See for yourselves that my labors were minimal,
    but my reward of serenity has been great.
28 You may expend a great deal of silver to acquire instruction,
    but, as a result, you will gain much gold.[a]

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  1. Wisdom of Ben Sira 51:28 You . . . gold: Hebrew reads: “Hear but a little of my instruction, / and through me you will acquire silver and gold.”