en_tn_lite_do_not_use/pro/23/13.md

General Information:

These verses continue the "thirty sayings" (Proverbs 22:20).

Do not withhold instruction from a child

The abstract noun "instruction" can be translated as a verb. Alternate translation: "Do not neglect to instruct a child" or "Do not refuse to instruct a child" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns)

withhold

refuse to give something that one knows another person needs