Agur is the name of the author of Proverbs 30. His name may mean "gatherer" or "sojourner." He is identified as "son of Jakeh" and may have been a sage from a non-Israelite wisdom tradition incorporated into the canon.
Agur's prayer in Proverbs 30:7–9 is a model of sanctified contentment — asking for neither poverty nor riches, but only daily bread, lest he deny God or dishonor His name. This resonates deeply with the Lord's Prayer and Paul's contentment theology (Philippians 4:11–13). Agur also opens with striking epistemic humility: "I have not learned wisdom, nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One" — a confession that true wisdom begins with acknowledging how little we know.