"An adherence to the strictest principles of truth will frequently cause present inconvenience and may even involve temporal loss, but it will increase the reward in the future life. Religion does not consist merely in a system of dry doctrines, but in practical faith, which sanctifies the life and corrects the conduct in the family circle and in the church. Many may tithe mint and rue, but neglect the weightier matters, mercy and the love of God. To walk humbly with God is essential to the perfection of Christian character. God requires undeviating principle in the minutest details of the transactions of life. Said Christ: “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much.” 4T 337.1"
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone."
EGW directly quotes and expands upon the concept of tithing mint and rue while neglecting weightier matters, making it a clear allusion.
"It is neither the magnitude nor the seeming insignificance of a business transaction that makes it fair or unfair, honest or dishonest. By the least departure from rectitude we place ourselves on the enemy's ground, and may go on, step by step, to any length of injustice. A large proportion of the Christian world divorce religion from their business. Thousands of little tricks and petty dishonesties are practiced in dealing with their fellow men, which reveal the true state of the heart, showing its corruption. 4T 337.2"
"He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much."
EGW echoes the principle of faithfulness in small things being related to faithfulness in large things, as stated in Luke 16:10. She applies this principle to business transactions and honesty.
"The church of God must not compromise with your coarse ways and low standard of Christianity. 4T 337.3"
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"
The idea of not compromising with unrighteousness and maintaining a high standard of Christian living in EGW's statement parallels the concept of not being unequally yoked with unbelievers in 2 Corinthians 6:14.