"This spirit is like a contagious disease. God's people should choose the society for their children and teach them to avoid the company of these vain worldlings. Mothers should take their daughters with them into the kitchen and patiently educate them. Their constitution will be better for such labor, their muscles will gain tone and strength, and their meditations will be more healthy and elevated at the close of the day. They may be weary, but how sweet is rest after a proper amount of labor. Sleep, nature's sweet restorer, invigorates the weary body, and prepares it for the next day's duties. Do not intimate to your children that it is no matter whether they labor or not. Teach them that their help is needed, that their time is of value, and that you depend on their labor. 1T 395.1"
"Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners."
The EGW passage directly warns against associating with "vain worldlings" because of their corrupting influence, which is the core message of 1 Corinthians 15:33. The EGW passage amplifies the principle of avoiding corrupting influences.
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
The EGW passage emphasizes the importance of training children in a specific way, which is a clear application of the principle found in Proverbs 22:6.
"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness."
The EGW passage promotes diligence and avoiding idleness, particularly in the context of household duties, which aligns with the description of the virtuous woman in Proverbs 31:27.
"It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep."
Both passages touch on the value of rest and sleep, though the EGW passage focuses more on the benefits of labor preceding rest, while the Psalm emphasizes God's provision of sleep. There is a thematic connection.
"I have been shown that much sin has resulted from idleness. Active hands and minds do not find time to heed every temptation which the enemy suggests, but idle hands and brains are all ready for Satan to control. The mind, when not properly occupied, dwells upon improper things. Parents should teach their children that idleness is sin. I was referred to Ezekiel 16:49 : “Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.” 1T 395.2"
"Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."
Ellen White directly references Ezekiel 16:49 in this passage.