"The Relation of Diet to Board Meetings Before our brethren assemble in council or board meetings, each one should present himself before God, carefully searching the heart and critically examining the motives. Pray that the Lord may reveal self to you so that you may not unwisely criticize or condemn propositions. 7T 257"
"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:"
EGW directly encourages self-examination and prayer for discernment before meetings, mirroring the sentiment of Psalm 139:23, which asks God to search the heart and thoughts.
"At bountiful tables men often eat much more than can be easily digested. The overburdened stomach cannot do its work properly. The result is a disagreeable feeling of dullness in the brain, and the mind does not act quickly. Disturbance is created by improper combinations of food; fermentation sets in; the blood is contaminated and the brain confused. 7T 257.2"
"What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s."
EGW discusses the negative physical and mental consequences of overeating, which aligns with the principle of glorifying God in your body as stated in 1 Corinthians 6:19-20. While not a direct quote, the underlying principle of caring for one's body is present.
"The habit of overeating, or of eating too many kinds of food at one meal, frequently causes dyspepsia. Serious injury is thus done to the delicate digestive organs. In vain the stomach protests and appeals to the brain to reason from cause to effect. The excessive amount of food eaten, or the improper combination, does its injurious work. In vain do disagreeable premonitions give warning. Suffering is the consequence. Disease takes the place of health. 7T 257.3"
"Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags."
EGW describes the consequences of overeating and improper diet, which parallels the warning against gluttony in Proverbs 23:20-21. Both passages highlight the negative effects of excessive eating.