"trades, but for a place on the Lord's farm in the earth made new. 6T 177.1"
"And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands."
Both passages describe a future where people will build, plant, and enjoy the fruits of their labor, suggesting a direct connection to the promise of a restored earth.
"Had all our schools encouraged work in agricultural lines, they would now have an altogether different showing. There would not be so great discouragements. Opposing influences would have been overcome; financial conditions would have changed. With the students, labor would have been equalized; and as all the human machinery was proportionately taxed, greater physical and mental strength would have been developed. But the instruction which the Lord has been pleased to give has been taken hold of so feebly that obstacles have not been overcome. 6T 177.2"
"In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury."
EGW's statement about the benefits of labor aligns with the proverb's emphasis on the profit derived from work, contrasting it with the emptiness of mere talk.