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.
There are some people who only pretend to be friends with us,
but there are some friends who are more loyal than members of our families.
There are some people who only pretend to be friends with us,
but there are some friends who are more loyal than members of our families.
Friends love others all the time,
and relatives are able to help us when we have troubles.
Friends love others all the time,
and relatives are able to help us when we have troubles.
If you want people to like/love you, forgive them for the wrong things that they do to you.
If you continue to remind them about those wrong things, they will no longer be your friends.
We can use one iron tool to sharpen another iron tool;
similarly [SIM], when one person shares what he is thinking, it can help other people to think more clearly.
We can use one iron tool to sharpen another iron tool;
similarly [SIM], when one person shares what he is thinking, it can help other people to think more clearly.
Putting olive oil and perfume on a person’s skin causes him to feel good,
but having a friend who gives good advice is even better.
Putting olive oil and perfume on a person’s skin causes him to feel good,
but having a friend who gives good advice is even better.
Do not neglect your friends or your parents’ friends;
and at a time when you are experiencing a disaster, do not go to a relative who lives far away to request his help;
someone who lives near you can help you more than relatives who live far away.
Do not neglect your friends or your parents’ friends;
and at a time when you are experiencing a disaster, do not go to a relative who lives far away to request his help;
someone who lives near you can help you more than relatives who live far away.
It is better to correct someone openly
than to show that you l don’t love that person by not correcting him.
If a friend criticizes you, he is a good friend and you can trust him;
but if one of your enemies kisses you, he is probably wanting to deceive you.
Those who habitually associate with wise people become wise;
those who ◄are close friends of/associate with► foolish people will ◄regret it/be ruined►.
Deceitful people cause strife/quarreling among other people;
those who say false things about other people cause people who are friends to become enemies.
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Do not become friends with those who often become angry,
and do not associate with those who cannot control their temper/anger,
because you might start to act like they do
and not be able to stop doing that.
Amizade cristã
Vós sois meus amigos se fazeis o que eu mando. Jesus nos chama de amigos — que honra imensa e responsabilidade!
The best way that people can show that they love someone is to die for that person. There is no way that you can love someone in a greater way than that.
The best way that people can show that they love someone is to die for that person. There is no way that you can love someone in a greater way than that.
I will no longer call you my servants, because servants do not know why their masters want them to do things. Instead, I have said that you are my friends, because I, acting like a friend, have revealed to you everything that my Father told me.
What I am commanding you is this: Love each other just like I have loved you.
Love one another as members of the same family do; and, you should be ◄the first ones/eager► to honor each other!
I pray this because I long to visit you to help you spiritually, in order that you will become stronger spiritually. I long to visit you in order that you and I might encourage each other by means of our sharing with each other how each of us trusts in Jesus.
We must love each other. God shows us what real love is.
Dear friends, we must love each other, because God enables us to love each other, and because those who love their fellow believers have become God’s children and ◄know/have a close relationship with► him.
Dear friends, since God loves us like that, we certainly ought to love each other!
In order to be assured that we are conducting our lives according to God’s character, we must love God and our fellow believers, because God loved us first.
No one has ever seen God. Nevertheless, if we love each other, it is evident that God lives within us and that we love others just like he intends/wants us to do.
Keep in mind that this is what God has commanded us: If we love him, we must also love our fellow believers.
Exemplos bíblicos
Davi e Jônatas fizeram aliança de amizade. Rute se apegou a Noemi. Abraão foi chamado amigo de Deus.
Saul became jealous of David
After David finished talking with Saul, he met Saul’s son, Jonathan. Jonathan immediately liked David; in fact, he began to love/like him as much as he loved/liked himself. From that day, Saul kept David with him, and did not let him return home. Because Jonathan loved David so much, he made a solemn agreement with David. They promised each other that they would always be loyal friends.
Because Jonathan loved David so much, he made a solemn agreement with David. They promised each other that they would always be loyal friends.
David was kind to Mephibosheth
One day David asked, "Is there anyone who is a descendant of Saul to whom I can be kind?" He asked this because he wanted to honor Jonathan.
But Ruth replied, "No! Don’t urge me to leave you! I want to go with you. Where you go, I will go. Where you stay, I will stay. Your relatives will be my relatives, and the God you worship will be the God I worship. Where you die, I will die. Where you are buried, I will be buried. May Yahweh punish me severely if I separate from you. I will be separated from you only when one of us dies."
And so it happened as it is written in the Scriptures: "Because Abraham truly trusted in God, he was considered by God to be {God considered that he was} righteous." And God also said about Abraham, "He is my friend."
Job’s friends were not helping him
"When a man has many troubles, his friends should be kind to him,
even if he stops revering Almighty God.
You are unfaithful to God and are behaving as evil people do, so you have become God’s enemies, but he wants to help you. He opposes the proud, but he helps those who are humble.
Like a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, you are being unfaithful to God and not obeying him any more [MET]. Those who are behaving as evil people do [MTY] (OR, Those who love the evil pleasures of this world) are hostile toward God. Perhaps you do not realize that [RHQ]. So those who decide to act as evil people do [MTY] become enemies 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.
Having someone work with you is better than being by yourself all the time.
If you have a friend, he can help you to do your work.
If you fall down, he can help you get up again.
But if you fall down when you are alone, it will be difficult for you,
because there will be no one to help you stand up.
If you fall down, he can help you get up again.
But if you fall down when you are alone, it will be difficult for you,
because there will be no one to help you stand up.
Someone who is alone can easily be attacked and defeated by another person,
but two people can help each other and ◄resist/defend themselves against► someone who attacks them.
Three people can defend themselves even more easily,
like a rope that is made from three cords is harder to break than a rope made from two cords.
Having someone work with you is better than being by yourself all the time.
If you have a friend, he can help you to do your work.
A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship
It is very good and very pleasant
for God’s people to gather together harmoniously.
A psalm written for people going up to the temple to worship
It is very good and very pleasant
for God’s people to gather together harmoniously.
It is as delightful as the precious/expensive ◄olive oil/perfume►
that runs down from the Supreme Priest Aaron’s head onto his beard when he is anointed
and runs down onto the collar of his robes.
Gathering together harmoniously is as delightful as the dew that falls on Hermon Mountain
and the dew that falls on the hills near Zion Hill.
Yahweh has promised to bless his people there in Jerusalem
by giving them everlasting (OR, a long-lasting) life.
For those who have no one to live with, he provides families to live with.
He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful,
but those who rebel against him will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.
honor your father and your mother, and love people you come in contact with as much as you love yourself."
Do not let yourselves be deceived by those who say that God will not cause believers to live again {Do not let people who say that God will not cause believers to live again deceive you}. If you associate with evil people who say such things, they will ◄influence you to do evil things/destroy your good moral way of living►.
Do not let yourselves be deceived by those who say that God will not cause believers to live again {Do not let people who say that God will not cause believers to live again deceive you}. If you associate with evil people who say such things, they will ◄influence you to do evil things/destroy your good moral way of living►.