"As a rule the labor of the day should not be prolonged into the evening. If all the hours of the day are well improved, the work extended into the evening is so much extra, and the overtaxed system will suffer from the burden imposed upon it. I have been shown that those who do this, often lose much more than they gain, for their energies are exhausted, and they labor on nervous excitement. They may not realize any immediate injury, but they are surely undermining their constitution. CE 167.1"
"To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:"
EGW's advice about not prolonging labor into the evening reflects the principle of having a proper time for everything, as stated in Ecclesiastes 3:1.
"mind constantly strained upon business affairs will injure the health of both mind and body. CE 167.2"
"Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom."
Both passages warn against excessive focus on wealth and business, suggesting it can be detrimental. EGW focuses on the health consequences, while Proverbs advises against striving for riches.
Let the evenings be spent as happily as possible. Let home be a place where cheerfulness, courtesy, and love exist. This will make it attractive to the children. If the parents are continually borrowing trouble, are irritable and fault-finding, the children partake of the same spirit of dissatisfaction and contention, and home is the most miserable place in the world. The children find more pleasure among strangers, in reckless company, or in the street, than at home. All this might be avoided if temperance in all things were practiced, and patience cultivated. Self-control on the part of all the members of the family will make home almost a paradise. Make your rooms as cheerful as possible. Let the children find home the most attractive place on earth. Throw about them such influences that they will not seek for street companions, nor think of the haunts of vice except with horror. If the home life is what it should be, the habits formed there will be a strong defense against the assa…
"And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you."
Both passages emphasize the importance of kindness, forgiveness, and a positive atmosphere within relationships. EGW applies this to the home environment, while Ephesians speaks more generally about interpersonal relationships.