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 He who has many companions [does it] to his own destruction; But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
24 He who has many companions [does it] to his own destruction; But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
17 A companion loves at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
17 A companion loves at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
9 He who covers a transgression seeks love; But he who harps on a matter separates best friends.
17 Iron sharpens iron; So a man sharpens the countenance of his fellow man.
17 Iron sharpens iron; So a man sharpens the countenance of his fellow man.
9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So does the sweetness of a man's companion [that comes] of hearty counsel.
9 Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; So does the sweetness of a man's companion [that comes] of hearty counsel.10 Your own companion, and your father's companion, do not forsake; And don't go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity: Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off.
10 Your own companion, and your father's companion, do not forsake; And don't go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity: Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off.
5 Better is open rebuke Than love that is hidden.6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
20 Walk with wise men, and you will be wise; But the friend of fools will smart for it.
28 A perverse man scatters abroad strife; And a whisperer separates best friends.
24 Make no friendship with a man who is given to anger; And with a wrathful man you will not go:25 Or else you will learn this ways, And get a snare to your 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 life for his friends.
13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
15 No longer do I call you{} slaves; for the slave doesn't know what his lord does: but I have called you{} friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you{}.
12 This is my commandment, that you{} love one another, even as I have loved you{}.
10 In love of the brothers be tenderly affectioned one to another; in honor preferring one another;
11 For I long to see you{}, that I may impart to you{} some spiritual gift, to the end you{} may be established;12 that is, that I with you{} may be comforted in you{}, each of us by the other's faith, both yours{} and mine.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone who loves is begotten of God, and knows God.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.12 No man has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God stays in us, and his love is perfected in us:
21 And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God love 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 made an end of speaking to 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 go home anymore 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 there yet any who is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?
16 And Ruth said, Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people will be my people, and your God my God;17 where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried: Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.
23 and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness; and he was called the friend of God.
14 To him who is ready to faint kindness [should be shown] from his friend; Even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
4 You{} adulteresses, don't you{} know that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore would be a friend of the world makes himself an 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 good reward for their labor.10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his partner; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and does not have another to lift him up.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his partner; but woe to him who is alone when he falls, and does not have another to lift him up.
12 And if a man prevails against him who is alone, two will withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.
1 A Song of Ascents; of David. Look, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity!
1 A Song of Ascents; of David. Look, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity!2 It is like the precious oil on the head, That ran down on the beard, Even Aaron's beard; That came down on the skirt of his garments;3 Like the dew of Hermon, That comes down on the mountains of Zion: For there Yahweh commanded the blessing, Even life forevermore.
6 God sets the solitary in families: He brings out the prisoners into prosperity; But the rebellious stay in a parched land.
19 But the father said to his slaves, Bring forth quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet:
33 Don't be deceived: Evil company corrupts good morals.
33 Don't be deceived: Evil company corrupts good morals.