Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod he will not die. Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.

I noticed it says in this translation: 'save his soul from death' but in another translation: 'save him from death.' I think it's true both ways. If you don't discipline your 2 yr. old, and he goes out into the street and gets run over by a car, well, you failed to save him from death. But if that 2 yr. old grows up without discipline, goes into the army and gets shot and goes to hell, then you failed to save his soul from death. I think most parents don't realize how important spanking your'e kid acctually is. Some people are afraid to hurt their kids. But if that's the case, it says ' if you punish him with the rod he will not die' and it said somewhere else in the bible that it wouldn't even bleed. So, do your'e kid a favor and spank him when he needs it.