Hell

Proverbs regarding damnation, doom, Hades, Hell, purgatory, suffering, torment.

...written at a time when corporal punishment was socially acceptable. Now, such activities are considered cruel and are illegal in many countries.

The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol.
Prov. 15:24 (read whole chapter)
If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death.
Prov. 23:14 (read whole chapter)