Proverbs 23:13 in the World English Bible
Don’t withhold correction from a child. If you punish him with the rod, he will not die.
Context
12 Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.