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Proverbs 26:2
"As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come."
"“The curse causeless shall not come.” Proverbs 26:2 . Ed 146.3"
Ellen White directly references Proverbs 26:2 in this passage.
Proverbs 26:12
"Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him."
Other women were shown me in —— who were at war with the truth. One was presented before me who embraced a few points of truth, and then went no further with God's remnant people. She was exalted in her own eyes, and thought she understood it all. She was wise in her own opinion, and was shown me as constantly looking back and referring to an old experience; because she had received a degree of light in the past, she had become lifted up, and thought she had sufficient light and knowledge to instruct the whole body. Her faith is scattered and disconnected. Many of her ideas of truth are erroneous; yet she is egotistical, and righteous in her own estimation. She is forward to instruct, but will not be taught. She has despised instruction, and cast behind her the teachings of God through His servants. I saw her pointing to her righteousness, her devotion, her prayerful life. Like the Pharisee, she enumerates her good deeds. “God, I thank Thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners…
Both passages address the issue of being wise in one's own eyes. EGW's description of the woman aligns with the warning in Proverbs 26:12 about the futility of trying to reason with someone who is self-conceited.
Proverbs 26:14
"As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed."
"I have been shown that Brother R is an indolent man. He loves his pleasure and his ease. He does not love physical labor, neither does he love close application of the mind to the study of the word. He wants to take things lazily. He will go to a place and attempt to introduce the truth there, when his heart is not in it. He feels no weight of the work, no real burden for souls. He has not the love of souls at heart. He lets his inclinations divert him from the work, suffers his feelings to control him, and leaves the work and goes back to his family. He has not an experience in self-denial, in sacrificing his ease and his inclinations. He labors too much with respect to wages. He does not apply himself closely to his work, but merely touches it here and there without perseverance or earnestness, and so makes a success of nothing. God frowns upon all such professed workers. They are unfaithful in everything. Their consciences are not sensitive and tender. 3T 555.1"
Both passages describe the characteristics of a slothful person. Proverbs 26:14 uses the image of a door turning on its hinges to illustrate the inactivity of a sluggard, while EGW describes Brother R's indolence and lack of dedication to his work. The core theme of laziness and aversion to work connects them strongly.
Proverbs 26:18
"As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,"
"“As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, so is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?” Proverbs 26:18, 19 . Ed 236.2"
The EGW passage directly quotes Proverbs 26:18, making it an explicit allusion.
Proverbs 26:24-25
"He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart."
"garb of friendship, so that they were not suspected, even by the guardians of the people. PP 454.2"
Both passages deal with deception and hidden malice under a friendly facade. The EGW passage describes enemies hiding their true intentions, while Proverbs warns against trusting those who speak kindly but harbor deceit.