"Christ is ashamed of His professed followers. Wherein do we bear any resemblance to Him? Wherein does our dress conform to the Bible requirements? I do not want the sins of the people upon me, and I will give the trumpet a certain sound. For years I have borne a plain and decided testimony upon this subject, in print and upon the speaker's stand. I have not shunned to declare the whole counsel of God. I must be clear of the blood of all. The fact that worldliness and pride bear almost universal sway is no excuse for one Christian to do as others do. God has said: “Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil.” 4T 647.1"
"Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:"
EGW directly quotes and applies the principle of Exodus 23:2, warning against conforming to popular but sinful practices. The connection is clear and intentional.
"Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men."
EGW directly references the concept of being 'pure from the blood of all men' by warning and testifying, similar to Paul's declaration in Acts 20:26. The context is about fulfilling one's responsibility to warn others, thus avoiding culpability for their spiritual state.
Do not, my sisters, trifle longer with your own souls and with God. I have been shown that the main cause of your backsliding is your love of dress. This leads to the neglect of grave responsibilities, and you find yourselves with scarcely a spark of the love of God in your hearts. Without delay, renounce the cause of your backsliding, because it is sin against your own soul and against God. Be not hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. Fashion is deteriorating the intellect and eating out the spirituality of our people. Obedience to fashion is pervading our Seventh-day Adventist churches and is doing more than any other power to separate our people from God. I have been shown that our church rules are very deficient. All exhibitions of pride in dress, which is forbidden in the word of God, should be sufficient reason for church discipline. If there is a continuance, in face of warnings and appeals and entreaties, to still follow the perverse will, it may be regarded as proof that the h…
"But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin."
EGW uses the phrase 'hardened through the deceitfulness of sin' which is a direct quote from Hebrews 3:13. She applies it to the context of backsliding due to love of dress.
"Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."
EGW's statement about worldliness separating people from God echoes the sentiment in James 4:4, which states that friendship with the world is enmity with God. Both passages address the conflict between worldly values and spiritual devotion.