The MT includes the title (“the proverbs of Solomon”) as part of 10:1 and it applies to the collection in 10:1–22:16 a total of 375 proverbs (375 is the numerical equivalent of the Hebrew name šlmh, or Solomon). The breadth and meaning of m e šālîm, or proverbs, is illustrated particularly in the following collections that are mainly one-line sayings. This is in contrast to the lengthy wisdom poems that characterize chapters 1–9. On the nature and style of the proverbial sayings, see the introduction above. Antithetic parallelism is conspicuous in chapters 10–15, and the most prominent theme is the contrast between the just (wise) and the wicked (fool)—their conduct and reward. Claus Westermann has suggested that such sayings are really the development of that single theme (Roots of Wisdom…