"Brother I, the Lord is not willing that you should perish, but would rather that you should take hold of His strength and make peace with Him by a conformity of your will to His divine will. If a faithful picture of your course in money getting could be presented before you, you would be terrified. You would be disgusted with your closeness, your penuriousness, your love of money. You would make it the effort of your life to obtain the transforming grace of God, which would make you a new man. The means which came to you from relatives was a curse to you. It only increased your money-loving propensity, and was an additional weight to sink you to perdition. 2T 240.1"
"Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?"
Both passages express God's desire for the individual to turn from their destructive path and live. Ezekiel 33:11 is a direct plea for repentance, while EGW expresses the Lord's desire for Brother I to change his ways and avoid perishing due to his love of money.
"“The love of money is the root of all evil.” When men employ their powers of mind and body in obtaining riches, and are content with the pleasure of laying up wealth which they can never use, and which will prove an injury to their children, they abuse the powers which God has given them. They show that their characters have been made sordid by the absorbing pursuit of gain. Instead of realizing happiness, they are miserable. They have shut up their souls to the wants of the needy, and have given evidence that they had no compassion for the suffering. 2T 240.2"
"For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
EGW directly quotes "The love of money is the root of all evil," which is a clear and direct allusion to 1 Timothy 6:10. The surrounding context in EGW's writing further elaborates on the negative consequences of prioritizing wealth over spiritual values, consistent with the broader theme of the biblical passage.