"Every woman who is at the head of a family and yet does not understand the art of healthful cookery should determine to learn that which is so essential to the well-being of her household. In many places hygienic cooking schools afford opportunity for instruction in this line. She who has not the help of such facilities should put herself under the instruction of some good cook and persevere in her efforts for improvement until she is mistress of the culinary art. MH 303.1"
"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness."
Both passages emphasize the importance of a woman's role in managing her household, particularly concerning food preparation and care. EGW focuses on learning healthful cookery, while Proverbs highlights diligence and avoiding idleness.
"Regularity in eating is of vital importance. There should be a specified time for each meal. At this time let everyone eat what the system requires and then take nothing more until the next meal. There are many who eat when the system needs no food, at irregular intervals, and between meals, because they have not sufficient strength of will to resist inclination. When traveling, some are constantly nibbling if anything eatable is within their reach. This is very injurious. If travelers would eat regularly of food that is simple and nutritious, they would not feel so great weariness nor suffer so much from sickness. MH 303.2"
"All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any."
EGW's advice on regularity in eating and resisting the urge to eat between meals aligns with the principle in 1 Corinthians 6:12, which speaks to self-control and not being brought under the power of any habit. EGW applies this principle specifically to eating habits.
"Another pernicious habit is that of eating just before bedtime. The regular meals may have been taken; but because there is a sense of faintness, more food is eaten. By indulgence this wrong practice becomes a habit and often so firmly fixed that it is thought impossible to sleep without food. As a result of eating late suppers, the digestive process is continued through the sleeping hours. But though the stomach works constantly, its work is not properly accomplished. The sleep is often disturbed with unpleasant dreams, and in the morning the person awakes unrefreshed and with little relish for breakfast. When we lie down to rest, the stomach should have its work all done, that it, as well as the other organs of the body, may enjoy rest. For persons of sedentary habits, late suppers are particularly harmful. With them the disturbance created is often the beginning of disease that ends in death. MH 303.3"
"Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body."
Both passages address the relationship between food and the body. EGW discusses the negative effects of eating before bedtime on digestion and health, while 1 Corinthians 6:13 speaks more broadly about the body's purpose and the eventual destruction of both food and the belly. There is a connection in that both address the use and care of the body in relation to food.