Sirach 6:23-31

Common English Bible

²³ Listen, my child,
and welcome my opinion.
    Don’t reject my advice.
²⁴ Put your feet into her shackles
    and your neck into her collar.
²⁵ Bend your shoulder down and carry her,
    and don’t chafe at her bonds.
²⁶ Come to her with your whole being,
    and keep to her ways
    with all your strength.
²⁷ Track her down and seek her,
    and she will become known to you.
    When you get possession of her,
    don’t let her go.
²⁸ In the end, you will find rest in her,
    and she will turn to you
    and make you happy.
²⁹ Her shackles will be
a strong shelter for you,
    and her collar will be a glorious robe.
³⁰ She bears^[a]
a gold ornament,
    and her bonds
    will be like blue embroidery.^[b]
31 You will wear her like a glorious robe,
    and you will put her on
    like a crown of joy.