"Chapter 11—Lessons of Life “Speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee.” The Great Teacher brought His hearers in contact with nature, that they might listen to the voice which speaks in all created things; and as their hearts became tender and their minds receptive, He helped them to interpret the spiritual teaching of the scenes upon which their eyes rested. The parables, by means of which He loved to teach lessons of truth, show how open His spirit was to the influences of nature and how He delighted to gather the spiritual teaching from the surroundings of daily life. Ed 102"
"Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee."
The EGW passage directly quotes Job 12:8, making it an explicit allusion. The passage then expands on the idea of learning from nature, connecting it to Jesus' teachings and parables.
"The birds of the air, the lilies of the field, the sower and the seed, the shepherd and the sheep—with these Christ illustrated immortal truth. He drew illustrations also from the events of life, facts of experience familiar to the hearers—the leaven, the hid treasure, the pearl, the fishing net, the lost coin, the prodigal son, the houses on the rock and the sand. In His lessons there was something to interest every mind, to appeal to every heart. Thus the daily task, instead of being a mere round of toil, bereft of higher thoughts, was brightened and uplifted by constant reminders of the spiritual and the unseen. Ed 102.2"
"Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"
The EGW passage directly references the 'birds of the air' as examples Christ used, which is also the subject of Matthew 6:26. This is a clear thematic parallel.
"And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:"
The EGW passage directly references the 'lilies of the field' as examples Christ used, which is also the subject of Matthew 6:28. This is a clear thematic parallel.
"And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;"
The EGW passage directly references 'the sower and the seed' as examples Christ used, which is also the subject of Matthew 13:3. This is a clear thematic parallel.
"So we should teach. Let the children learn to see in nature an expression of the love and the wisdom of God; let the thought of Him be linked with bird and flower and tree; let all things seen become to them the interpreters of the unseen, and all the events of life be a means of divine teaching. Ed 102.3"
"For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:"
The EGW passage advocates for learning about God through nature, which directly reflects the principle in Romans 1:20 that God's invisible qualities are understood through creation. This is a strong connection.