"The chief requisite of language is that it be pure and kind and true—“the outward expression of an inward grace.” God says: “Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” Philippians 4:8 . And if such are the thoughts, such will be the expression. Ed 235.1"
"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."
Ellen White directly references Philippians 4:8 in this passage.
"We think with horror of the cannibal who feasts on the still warm and trembling flesh of his victim; but are the results of even this practice more terrible than are the agony and ruin caused by misrepresenting motive, blackening reputation, dissecting character? Let the children, and the youth as well, learn what God says about these things: Ed 235.4"
"And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell."
Both passages condemn the destructive power of the tongue. EGW uses the graphic imagery of cannibalism to illustrate the harm of misrepresentation, while James 3:6 compares the tongue to a fire. The thematic parallel is strong.
"“Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” Proverbs 18:21 . Ed 235.5"
"Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof."
Ellen White directly references Proverbs 18:21 in this passage.
"In Scripture, backbiters are classed with “haters of God,” with “inventors of evil things,” with those who are “without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful,” “full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity.” It is “the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death.” Romans 1:30, 31, 29, 32 . He whom God accounts a citizen of Zion is he that “speaketh the truth in his heart;” “that backbiteth not with his tongue,” “nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor.” Psalm 15:2, 3 . Ed 235.6"
"He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour."
The EGW passage directly quotes and references Psalm 15:3, making it a clear explicit allusion. It also references Romans 1:30, 31, 29, 32.