"The world has many holidays, and men become engrossed with games, with horse races, with gambling, smoking, and drunkenness. They show plainly under what banner they are standing. They make it evident that they do not stand under the banner of the Prince of life, but that the prince of darkness rules and controls them. CT 343.2"
"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him."
The EGW passage describes worldly activities that draw people away from God, aligning with the 1 John 2:15's warning against loving the world and its pursuits.
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"
The EGW passage contrasts the 'Prince of life' with the 'prince of darkness,' mirroring the dichotomy of light and darkness in 2 Corinthians 6:14, which speaks against being yoked with unbelievers.
"Shall not the people of God more frequently have holy convocations in which to thank God for His rich blessings? Shall we not find time in which to praise Christ for His rest, peace, and joy, and make manifest by daily thanksgiving that we appreciate the great sacrifice made in our behalf, that we may be partakers of the divine nature? Shall we not speak of the prospective rest in the Paradise of God, and tell of the honor and glory in store for the servants of Jehovah? “My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.” Isaiah 32:18 . We are homeward bound, seeking a better country, even a heavenly. CT 343.3"
"And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;"
Ellen White directly references Isaiah 32:18 in this passage.
"The world is full of excitement. Men act as though they had gone mad over low, cheap, unsatisfying things. How excited have I seen them over the result of a cricket match! I have seen the streets in Sydney densely crowded for blocks and, on inquiring what was the occasion of the excitement, was told that some expert player of cricket had won the game. I felt disgusted. CT 343.4"
"Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun."
EGW's description of excitement over trivial matters and her resulting disgust echoes the sentiment of Ecclesiastes 2:11, which reflects on the vanity and lack of profit in worldly pursuits.
"Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)"
The EGW passage describes people engrossed in 'low, cheap, unsatisfying things,' which aligns with Philippians 3:19's description of those who 'mind earthly things' and whose 'end is destruction.'