"What example do you give your children? What order do you have at home? Your children should be educated to be kind, thoughtful of others, gentle, easy to be entreated, and, above everything else, to respect religious things and feel the importance of the claims of God. They should be taught to respect the hour of prayer; they should be required to rise in the morning so as to be present at family worship. 5T 424.1"
"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."
Both passages address the upbringing of children within a religious context. Ephesians 6:4 provides a general principle of nurturing children in the Lord, while EGW's passage elaborates on specific practices and attitudes to cultivate in children.
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Both passages emphasize the importance of training children in the right way from a young age. Proverbs 22:6 offers a general principle, while EGW's passage provides specific examples of how to implement this principle within a religious context.
"Fathers and mothers who make God first in their households, who teach their children that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, glorify God before angels and before men by presenting to the world a well- ordered, well-disciplined family, a family that love and obey God instead of rebelling against Him. Christ is not a stranger in their homes; His name is a household name, revered and glorified. Angels delight in a home where God reigns supreme, and the children are taught to reverence religion, the Bible, and their Creator. Such families can claim the promise: “Them that honor Me I will honor.” As from such a home the father goes forth to his daily duties, it is with a spirit softened and subdued by converse with God. He is a Christian, not only in his profession, but in trade, in all his business relations. He does his work with fidelity, knowing that the eye of God is upon him. 5T 424.2"
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding."
EGW directly quotes the phrase "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom," making it an explicit allusion to Proverbs 9:10. The surrounding context in EGW's writing reinforces the importance of this principle in family life.
"Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed."
EGW directly quotes the phrase "Them that honor Me I will honor," making it an explicit allusion to 1 Samuel 2:30. The surrounding context in EGW's writing reinforces the importance of honoring God in family life and the promise of being honored in return.
"For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways."
The EGW passage mentions angels delighting in a home where God reigns supreme. The verse speaks of God giving his angels charge over people. While not a direct quote or explicit allusion, there's a thematic connection regarding the presence and role of angels.