"Many are the ways by which Satan works through human influence to bind his captives. He secures multitudes to himself by attaching them by the silken cords of affection to those who are enemies of the cross of Christ. Whatever this attachment may be, parental, filial, conjugal, or social, the effect is the same; the opposers of truth exert their power to control the conscience, and the souls held under their sway have not sufficient courage or independence to obey their own convictions of duty. GC 597.1"
"He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me."
Both passages address the conflict that can arise between loyalty to loved ones and obedience to God. Matthew 10:37 states that love for family should not supersede love for Christ, while EGW describes how affection for those opposed to truth can hinder one's obedience to God's will.
"For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ."
Both passages address the danger of prioritizing human approval over obedience to God. Galatians 1:10 speaks to pleasing men versus pleasing God, while the EGW passage discusses how affection for those opposed to Christ can hinder one's obedience. The connection is thematic, not a direct quote or explicit allusion, but it is present.
"The truth and the glory of God are inseparable; it is impossible for us, with the Bible within our reach, to honor God by erroneous opinions. Many claim that it matters not what one believes, if his life is only right. But the life is molded by the faith. If light and truth is within our reach, and we neglect to improve the privilege of hearing and seeing it, we virtually reject it; we are choosing darkness rather than light. GC 597.2"
"And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."
Both passages contrast light and darkness, and connect choosing darkness with condemnation or rejecting truth. The EGW passage directly uses the phrase 'choosing darkness rather than light,' echoing the sentiment and language of John 3:19.
"“There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Proverbs 16:25 . Ignorance is no excuse for error or sin, when there is every opportunity to know the will of God. A man is traveling and comes to a place where there are several roads and a guideboard indicating where each one leads. If he disregards the guideboard, and takes whichever road seems to him to be right, he may be ever so sincere, but will in all probability find himself on the wrong road. GC 597.3"
"There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."
Ellen White directly references Proverbs 16:25 in this passage.