The failure of fools is often in the tongue. The things we say are sometimes our most prolific enemy. It is our words which undue us. In this case, the words of the wise tell the truth. When we tell the truth, we testify. Some wish to think of truth as subjective. They do this by compartmentalizing it into relegated areas of their lives, believing that one truth is not connected to another. Yet their testimony about one truth is, in actuality, a statement of a single facet of a larger narrative. If we testify falsely about one aspect, it begins a cascade that ripples acrossed the entire narrative. If we testify falsely about one thing, all things become suspect. In this way, a lie is never about one thing, but permeates to all things. God is the source of all truth. One lie is always a lie about him. A fool who doesn’t understand this, and blames others, also blames God. Solomon notes that this behavior will not go unpunished. To allow someone to go unpunished is also a matter of testimony. It testifies to God’s holiness. It’s the epitome of foolishness to lie about God. It shows the lack of wisdom. The irony in the lie that would preserve self by condemning it, is utter folly. To love oneself is to be, first, honest.