Spare the rod, spoil the child.
My 94-year old mom likes to tell the story where she and her three sisters all got in trouble. Her mom told them she was going to cut a switch off the tree and they better be presenting their bare bottoms when she got back.
Except her mom, when she entered the house with switch in hand, couldn’t control her laughter upon the sight of all 4 butts lined up as she opened the door!
The “rod” is God’s word and it obviously was spared on this cheater.