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.
24 The man [that has] friends must show himself to be a friend, and there is a friend [that] sticks closer than a brother.:
24 The man [that has] friends must show himself to be a friend, and there is a friend [that] sticks closer than a brother.:
17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
9 He that covers a transgression seeks love, but he that repeats a matter separates [very] friends.
17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
17 Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so [does] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart, so [does] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.10 Do not forsake thine own friend and thy father's friend, neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity, [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.
10 Do not forsake thine own friend and thy father's friend, neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity, [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.
5 Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.6 Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
20 He that walks with wise [men] shall be wise, but the companion of fools shall be destroyed.
28 The perverse man sows strife, and the tale bearer separates princes.
24 Do not meddle with an angry man, and with a furious man thou shalt not go:25 Lest thou learn his ways and get a snare 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!
13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his soul for his friends.
13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his soul for his friends.
15 From now on I do not call you servants, for the servant does not know what his lord does; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another as I have loved you.
10 loving one another with brotherly love, with honour preferring one another;
11 For I long to see you that I may impart with you some spiritual gift to confirm you,12 that is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. Anyone that loves is born of God and knows God.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his charity is completed in us.
21 And we have this commandment from him, That he who loves God loves his brother also.:
Exemplos bíblicos
Davi e Jônatas fizeram aliança de amizade. Rute se apegou a Noemi. Abraão foi chamado amigo de Deus.
1 And it came to pass when he had finished speaking unto Saul that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.2 And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father's house.3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul.
3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul.
1 And David said, Is anyone left of the house of Saul that I may show him mercy for Jonathan's sake?
16 And Ruth said, Do not intreat me to leave thee [or] to return from following after thee, for wherever thou goest, I will go; and wherever thou shalt lodge, I will lodge; thy people [shall be] my people and thy God my God.17 Where thou diest, I will die, and there will I be buried; let the LORD do so unto me and let him give unto me that only death shall part thee and me.
23 And that the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness, and he was called the Friend of God.
14 He that is afflicted [deserves] mercy from his friend; but he has forsaken the fear of the Almighty.
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore that desires to be a friend of the world, makes himself the enemy of God.
Companheirismo
Dois são melhores do que um. Quão bom e suave é que os irmãos vivam em união! A amizade fortalece e edifica.
9 Two [are] better than one because they have a better reward for their labour.10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him [that is] alone when he falls, for [he has] not another to help him up.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him [that is] alone when he falls, for [he has] not another to help him up.
12 And if one prevails against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
9 Two [are] better than one because they have a better reward for their labour.
1 A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity!
1 A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant [it is] for brethren to dwell together in unity!2 [It is] like the precious ointment upon the head, that runs down upon the beard, [even] Aaron's beard, that goes down to the skirts of his garments;3 as the dew of Hermon, that descends upon the mountains of Zion; for there the LORD commands blessing and eternal life.:
6 God sets the solitary in families; he brings out those who are bound with chains, but the rebellious dwell in a dry [land].
19 Honour thy father and [thy] mother, and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
33 Be not deceived: evil companions corrupt good character.
33 Be not deceived: evil companions corrupt good character.