"ground, and also to correct the extreme short dress, reaching about to the knees, which is worn by a certain class. I was shown that we should shun both extremes. By wearing the dress reaching about to the top of a woman's gaiter boot we shall escape the evils of the extreme long dress, and shall also shun the evils and notoriety of the extreme short dress. 1T 464.1"
"Abstain from all appearance of evil."
The EGW passage's call to avoid extremes in dress directly reflects the principle of abstaining from all appearance of evil, as avoiding extremes prevents causing offense or scandal.
"Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil."
Both passages advocate for avoiding extremes and staying on a balanced path. The Proverbs verse speaks generally about avoiding evil, while the EGW passage applies this principle to dress.
“I would advise those who prepare for themselves a short dress for working purposes to manifest taste and neatness in getting it up. Have it arranged in order, to fit the form nicely. Even if it is a working dress, it should be made becoming, and should be cut after a pattern. Sisters when about their work should not put on clothing which would make them look like images to frighten the crows from the corn. It is more gratifying to their husbands and children to see them in a becoming, well-fitting attire than it can be to mere visitors or strangers. Some wives and mothers seem to think it is no matter how they look when about their work and when they are seen only by their husbands and children, but they are very particular to dress in taste for the eyes of those who have no special claims upon them. Is not the esteem and love of husband and children more to be prized than that of strangers or common friends? The happiness of husband and children should be more sacred to every wife an…
"In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;"
Both passages discuss the importance of modest and appropriate attire for women, although EGW focuses more on the context of work and family life.