"Many who can but barely live when they are single, choose to marry and raise a family when they know they have nothing with which to support them. And worse than this, they have no family government. Their whole course in their family is marked with their loose, slack habits. They have but little control over themselves, and are passionate, impatient, and fretful. When such embrace the message, they feel that they are entitled to assistance from their more wealthy brethren; and if their expectations are not met, they complain of the church and accuse them of not living out their faith. Who must be the sufferers in this case? Must the cause of God be sapped, and the treasury in different places exhausted, to take care of these large families of poor? No. The parents must be the sufferers. They will not, as a general thing, suffer any greater lack after they embrace the Sabbath than they did before. 1T 273.2"
"But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel."
The EGW passage directly addresses the principle of providing for one's family, echoing the sentiment in 1 Timothy 5:8. Both emphasize the responsibility of individuals to care for their own households before seeking assistance from others.
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
The EGW passage discusses the lack of family government and its negative consequences, which aligns with the principle of training up children in Proverbs 22:6. While not a direct quote, the underlying theme of responsible parenting and its impact on future generations connects the two passages.