"In this age of the world, when vice and fashion control men and women, Christians should possess virtuous characters and a large share of good common sense. If this were the case, countenances which are now clouded, bearing the marks of disease and depravity, would be hopeful and cheerful, lighted up by true goodness and a clear conscience. 2T 535.1"
"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
Both passages connect righteous living with a positive outward effect, though EGW focuses on physical appearance while Matthew focuses on good works.
"The do-nothing system is the greatest curse that has befallen our race. Children so unfortunate as to be brought up and educated by mothers who do not possess true moral worth, but who have diseased imaginations and suffer imaginary ailments, need the sympathy, patient instruction, and tender care of all who can help them. The wants of these children are not met, and their education is such as to unfit them for useful members of society while they live, and to bring them to an untimely grave. If their lives are protracted, they will never forget the lessons taught them by the mother. The errors of her life have been impressed upon them by her words and her actions, and in many cases they will follow in her footsteps. Her mantle falls like a dark pall upon her poor children. Her inconsistent course has given the stamp of her character to their lives, and they cannot readily overcome the education of their childhood. 2T 535.2"
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
EGW's passage directly expands on the principle of Proverbs 22:6, emphasizing the lasting impact of a mother's influence on a child's development and character.