Agur's prayer in Proverbs is one of deep humility: "keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches". He knows his weaknesses, and asks - as Jesus would teach many years later - not to be led into temptation. But this, too, is a dangerous prayer.

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