"In ninety-nine cases out of one hundred the cause, searched out and revealed to you, would open your understanding to see that it was not the taxation of study alone that was doing the work of injury to your children, but that their own wrong habits were sapping the brain and the entire body of its vital energy. The nervous system has become shattered by being often excited, and thus has been laid the foundation for premature and certain decay. Solitary vice is killing thousands and tens of thousands. 4T 97.1"
"And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,"
Both passages discuss the consequences of destructive habits on the body, leading to decay and suffering. The Proverbs verse speaks of the eventual mourning when the body is consumed, while EGW specifically mentions 'solitary vice' as a cause.
"Children should have occupation for their time. Proper mental labor and physical outdoor exercise will not break the constitutions of your boys. Useful labor and an acquaintance with the mysteries of housework will be beneficial to your girls, and some outdoor employment is positively necessary to their constitution and health. Children should be taught to labor. Industry is the greatest blessing that men, women, and children can have. 4T 97.2 You have erred in the education of your children. You have been too indulgent. You have favored them and excused them from labor, until to some of them, it is positively distasteful. Inactivity, a lack of well-regulated employment, has injured them greatly. Temptations are on every side, ready to ruin the youth for this world and the next. The path of obedience is the only path of safety. 4T 97.3"
"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness."
Both passages advocate for diligence and warn against idleness. Proverbs 31:27 praises a woman who 'looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness,' while EGW emphasizes the importance of labor for children and the negative consequences of inactivity.
"He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length."
Both passages warn against spoiling children. Proverbs 29:21 states that indulging a servant from childhood will lead to problems, while EGW directly states that parents have 'flattered and indulged them to their great injury.'