A foolish child ¹  is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife ²  is like ³  a constant dripping. ⁴ 

A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife ¹  are alike. ² 

and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness ¹  is a way of making a profit.

For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain. ¹ 

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

trying to learn ¹  what is pleasing to the Lord.

Your life will hang in doubt before you; you will be terrified by night and day and will have no certainty of surviving from one day to the next. ¹ 

I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.’ ¹ 

I will ignite a fire in Egypt; Syene ¹  will writhe in agony, Thebes will be broken down, and Memphis will face enemies every day.

For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible ¹  in our mortal body. ² 

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other.

Now Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other. ¹ 

Asa and King Nadab of Israel were continually at war with each other.

Distress and anguish ¹  terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack, ² 

My heart ¹  is in turmoil ²  unceasingly; ³  the days of my affliction confront me.

¹ He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.’

A worthless and wicked person ¹  walks around saying perverse ²  things; ³ 

He will be beaten and despised, ¹  and his reproach will not be wiped away; ² 

The lips of a fool ¹  enter into strife, ²  and his mouth invites ³  a flogging. ⁴