"of God. Consult with your brethren upon whom God has seen fit to lay the burden of the work. Had you thus advised with those whose counsel you should have sought, you would not have committed so great an error, so sad a blunder, as you did in the case of E. God's cause was wounded and reproached in this case. Your wife thought she had light in this case; but her impressions were not of God, but of the enemy, because he saw that you could be affected in this direction. Your trusting so completely to your wife's judgment is contrary to heaven's arrangement. Satan has designed in this way to cut you off, in a great measure, from the influence of your fellow laborers and your brethren in general. 1T 709.1"
"The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise."
The EGW passage directly advises seeking counsel from others, which aligns with the wisdom principle in Proverbs 12:15 about heeding counsel.