"“Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou searchest out my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.... Thou hast beset me behind and before, And laid Thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is high, I cannot attain unto it.” Psalm 139:2-6 , R.V. Ed 133.1"
"Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it."
Ellen White directly references Psalms 139:2-6 in this passage.
"It was the Maker of all things who ordained the wonderful adaptation of means to end, of supply to need. It was He who in the material world provided that every desire implanted should be met. It was He who created the human soul, with its capacity for knowing and for loving. And He is not in Himself such as to leave the demands of the soul unsatisfied. No intangible principle, no impersonal essence or mere abstraction, can satisfy the needs and longings of human beings in this life of struggle with sin and sorrow and pain. It is not enough to believe in law and force, in things that have no pity, and never hear the cry for help. We need to know of an almighty arm that will hold us up, of an infinite Friend that pities us. We need to clasp a hand that is warm, to trust in a heart full of tenderness. And even so God has in His word revealed Himself. Ed 133.2"
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
While Genesis 1:27 speaks of God creating man in His image, the EGW passage expands on this by discussing God's provision for human needs and longings, implying that the 'image' includes the capacity for relationship and satisfaction that only God can fulfill. It's a thematic parallel in that it builds upon the foundational concept of creation.
"He who studies most deeply into the mysteries of nature will realize most fully his own ignorance and weakness. He will realize that there are depths and heights which he cannot reach, secrets which he cannot penetrate, vast fields of truth lying before him unentered. He will be ready to say, with Newton, “I seem to myself to have been like a child on the seashore finding pebbles and shells, while the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me.” Ed 133.3"
"And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know."
Both passages address the limitations of human knowledge. The EGW passage, through the Newton quote, emphasizes the vastness of undiscovered truth, while 1 Corinthians 8:2 highlights the inadequacy of perceived knowledge. The underlying theme of humility in the face of the unknown connects them.