"Cast not behind you as of no consequence the warnings that as yet you do not understand. If you receive the messages of warning sent you, you will be saved from great trial. 8T 191.1"
"But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:"
The EGW passage directly echoes the warning in Proverbs 1:25 about rejecting counsel and reproof. Both passages emphasize the importance of heeding warnings and not disregarding them.
***** Extract from a letter written in 1899 from Wellington, New Zealand —We are not to allow our perplexities and disappointments to eat into our souls and make us fretful and impatient. Let there be no strife, no evil thinking or evil-speaking, lest we offend God. My brother, if you open your heart to envy and evil surmising, the Holy Spirit cannot abide with you. Seek for the fullness that is in Christ. Labor in His lines. Let every thought and word and deed reveal Him. You need a daily baptism of the love that in the days of the apostles made them all of one accord. This love will bring health to body, mind, and soul. Surround your soul with an atmosphere that will strengthen spiritual life. Cultivate faith, hope, courage, and love. Let the peace of God rule in your heart. Then you will be enabled to discharge your responsibilities. The Holy Spirit will impart a divine efficiency, a calm, subdued dignity, to all your efforts to relieve suffering. You will testify that you have been…
"Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:"
The EGW passage directly reflects the sentiment in Ephesians 4:31, urging the reader to put away bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking. The emphasis on avoiding strife, evil thinking, and evil-speaking aligns directly with the biblical verse.