How does Job 6:20 connect with Proverbs 3:5-6 about trusting God?

Job 6:20 shows the emptiness of misplaced confidence—travelers “were confounded because they had hoped; they came there and were ashamed.” Their trust in seasonal streams failed them. Proverbs 3:5-6 urges the opposite course: “Trust in the LORD with all your heart… and He will make your paths straight.”

– Job’s picture: hope set on unreliable resources leads to disappointment (cf. Psalm 146:3; Jeremiah 17:5).

– Proverbs’ instruction: wholehearted reliance on the Lord brings clear direction and sure provision (cf. Isaiah 26:3; Psalm 25:4-5).

– Together they form a contrast and a call: abandon partial, human-centered trust that ends in shame, and choose total, God-centered trust that ends in guidance and stability.