“Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.” Proverbs 25:19
Have you ever had a toothache from a cavity, where you can barely use it because of the pain? Or a sprained ankle where you can hardly take a step without wincing? I have had both and it makes normal activities like chewing food and walking very difficult! That’s what Solomon says it’s like to put “confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble.”
There are times when we need to trust others, when we have a task or a project that needs attending to, and we may assign them to such people. But here, Solomon says “in time of trouble”; in a time of importance and urgency. Don’t Do It, he says!
However, there is “One” who is extremely Faithful, and we can totally trust and be confident in. May He be our 1st resource!!!