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Proverbs 1.1 attributes the book to King Solomon. At the
beginning of his reign, God offered him any gift he might
want. Solomon asked for wisdom to rule the people well (1
Kings 3.5-14). God was so pleased that He said that He gave
Solomon greater wisdom than anyone before or after. Of course
there is semitic exaggeration here in regard to all future
times.

Attributing the whole book to Solomon is simply part of
the common practice of those times, of using as a pen name,
the name of a famous man. This was specially natural and even
suitable since Solomon was,as we said,famed for his wisdom.
Yet it is likely enough that some portions may date back to
Solomon himself. There are within the book two special,large,
Solomonic collections: 10.1 to 22.16 and 25.1 to 29.27. It is
interesting to notice that the latter section has exactly 375
proverbs,which is the  numerical value of the word Solomon. In
25.1 we read that men of King Hezekiah (716-687 BC)
transmitted that second group.

Some think that the opening and closing poetic sections
(1.1. to 9.18 and 31.10-31) are late additions to the book.

In going through the various chapters or sections, we
cannot summarize all the thought for there is little sequence
or development. Instead we will merely highlight some
specially valuable ideas in each chapter or group of chapters.