Amizade
A amizade é um dos dons mais preciosos da vida. A Bíblia celebra amizades profundas — Davi e Jônatas, Rute e Noemi, Paulo e Timóteo — modelos de lealdade, fé e amor.
Valor da amizade
Há amigo mais chegado do que um irmão. Em todo tempo ama o amigo. A amizade verdadeira permanece nas tempestades.
Have thou a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in distress; for on this account are they born.
Have thou a friend for every time, and let brethren be useful in distress; for on this account are they born.
He that conceals injuries seeks love; but he that hates to hide them separates friends and kindred.
Iron sharpens iron; and a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
Iron sharpens iron; and a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.
The heart delights in ointments and wines and perfumes: but the soul is broken by calamities.
The heart delights in ointments and wines and perfumes: but the soul is broken by calamities.
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; and when thou art in distress go not into thy brother’s house: better is a friend that is near than a brother living far off.
Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; and when thou art in distress go not into thy brother’s house: better is a friend that is near than a brother living far off.
Open reproofs are better than secret love. The wounds of a friend are more to be trusted than the spontaneous kisses of an enemy.
If thou walkest with wise men thou shalt be wise: but he that walks with fools shall be known.
A perverse man spreads mischief, and will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.
Be not companion to a furious man; neither lodge with a passionate man: lest thou learn of his ways, and get snares to thy soul.
Amizade cristã
Vós sois meus amigos se fazeis o que eu mando. Jesus nos chama de amigos — que honra imensa e responsabilidade!
Exemplos bíblicos
Davi e Jônatas fizeram aliança de amizade. Rute se apegou a Noemi. Abraão foi chamado amigo de Deus.
And David said, Is there yet any one left in the house of Saul, that I may deal kindly with him for Jonathan’s sake?
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following thee; for whithersoever thou goest, I will go, and wheresoever thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. And wherever thou diest, I will die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if I leave thee, for death only shall divide between me and thee.
Mercy has rejected me; and the visitation of the Lord has disregarded me.
Companheirismo
Dois são melhores do que um. Quão bom e suave é que os irmãos vivam em união! A amizade fortalece e edifica.
Two are better than one, seeing they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls, and there is not a second to lift him up.
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls, and there is not a second to lift him up.
And if one should prevail against him, the two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord shall not be quickly broken.
Two are better than one, seeing they have a good reward for their labour.
A Song of Degrees.
Behold now, bless ye the Lord, all the servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
A Song of Degrees.
Behold now, bless ye the Lord, all the servants of the Lord, who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. Lift up your hands by night in the sanctuaries, and bless the Lord. May the Lord, who made heaven and earth, bless thee out of Sion.
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from thee.