Amigo
O amigo verdadeiro é dádiva rara de Deus. Ele ama em todo tempo, fala a verdade em amor, aconselha com sabedoria e permanece fiel nas adversidades da vida.
Amizade verdadeira
Há amigo mais chegado que um irmão. Em todo tempo ama o amigo. O perfume e o incenso alegram o coração — assim o conselho doce do amigo.
A man of many companions may come to ruin,
but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.
A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
Oil and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the counsel of a friend is sweetness to the soul.
As iron sharpens iron,
so one man sharpens another.
Better an open rebuke
than love that is concealed.
The wounds of a friend are faithful,
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend,
and do not go to your brother’s house
in the day of your calamity;
better a neighbor nearby
than a brother far away.
He who walks with the wise will become wise,
but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Do not make friends with an angry man,
and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,
or you may learn his ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
Many a man proclaims his loving devotion,
but who can find a trustworthy man?
Wealth attracts many friends,
but a poor man is deserted by his friend.
Jesus, o amigo
Já não vos chamo servos, mas amigos. O maior amor é dar a vida pelo amigo. Jesus é o amigo que nunca falha.
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
You are My friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
Little children, let us love not in word and speech, but in action and truth.
And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called a friend of God.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Outdo yourselves in honoring one another.
Companheiros de fé
Dois são melhores do que um. Os companheiros de fé se fortalecem mutuamente e caminham juntos com o Senhor.
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor. For if one falls down, his companion can lift him up; but pity the one who falls without another to help him up!
A song of ascents. Of David.
Behold, how good and pleasant it is
when brothers live together in harmony!
It is like fine oil on the head,
running down on the beard,
running down Aaron’s beard
over the collar of his robes.
It is like the dew of Hermon
falling on the mountains of Zion.
For there the LORD has bestowed the blessing
of life forevermore.
I am a friend to all who fear You,
and to those who keep Your precepts.
Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.
Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good character."