"Your daughters look to you for an example, for they think their father must be right. Their salvation depends much upon the course which you pursue. If you cease striving for everlasting life, you will exert a powerful influence to carry your children with you, you will bow down the spirit of your faithful wife, crush her hopes, and lessen her hold on life. How can you in the judgment meet these to testify that your unfaithfulness proved their ruin? 1T 545.1"
"When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand."
The EGW passage speaks of the father's influence on his family's salvation and the consequences of his unfaithfulness. Ezekiel 3:18 warns of the responsibility to warn the wicked and the accountability for their blood if one fails to do so. Both passages highlight the responsibility one has for the spiritual well-being of others and the consequences of failing in that responsibility.
"I saw that you had several times yielded to the suggestions of Satan to cease striving to live out the truth, for the tempter told you that you would fail with the best endeavors you might make, that with all your weakness and failings it was impossible for you to maintain a life of devotion. I was shown that your wife and eldest daughter have been your good angels, to grieve over you, to encourage you to resist in a measure the powerful suggestions of Satan; and through your love for them you have been induced to try again to fix your trembling faith upon the promises of God. Satan is waiting to overthrow you that he may exult over your downfall. Those who are trampling underfoot the law of God are strengthened by you in their rebellion. It is impossible for you to be strong until you take a decided stand for the truth. 1T 545.2"
"Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
The EGW passage directly addresses resisting Satan's suggestions, echoing the principle of James 4:7. The context of temptation and resistance aligns strongly.
"of redemption. He who excuses himself from this, who is unwilling to deny himself that others may become partakers with him of the heavenly benefit, proves himself unworthy of the life to come, unworthy of the heavenly treasure which cost so great a sacrifice. God wants no unwilling offering, no pressed sacrifice. Those who are thoroughly converted and who appreciate the work of God will give cheerfully the little required of them, considering it a privilege to bestow. 1T 545.3"
"Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."
This is a duplicate of pair 2. EGW's statement, 'God wants no unwilling offering, no pressed sacrifice. Those who are thoroughly converted and who appreciate the work of God will give cheerfully,' directly reflects the principle in 2 Corinthians 9:7 about cheerful giving and not giving grudgingly.
"And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me."
This is a duplicate of pair 1. Both passages connect self-denial and sacrifice with being worthy of God/Christ. EGW expands on the idea of sacrifice in the context of giving and sharing the 'heavenly benefit,' while Matthew focuses on taking up one's cross. The connection is thematic, but strong.