"There is danger to health in the use of even sweet cider as ordinarily produced. If people could see what the microscope reveals in regard to the cider they buy, few would be willing to drink it. Often those who manufacture cider for the market are not careful as to the condition of the fruit used, and the juice of wormy and decayed apples is expressed. Those who would not think of using the poisonous, rotten apples in any other way, will drink the cider made from them, and call it a luxury; but the microscope shows that even when fresh from the press, this pleasant beverage is wholly unfit for use. [When this statement was made in 1905, it was common practice to manufacture cider as here described by the author. Today, in places where the purity of foods is not controlled, apple cider may still be made the same way. But where cider is produced under sanitary conditions, using good, sound fruit, obviously the objections disappear.—Publishers.] MH 332.1"
"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."
Both passages discuss the dangers of consuming alcohol. Proverbs 20:1 warns against the deceptive nature of wine and strong drink, while the EGW passage focuses on the unsanitary and potentially harmful aspects of cider production, implying a similar deceptive quality in its appeal.
"Intoxication is just as really produced by wine, beer, and cider as by stronger drinks. The use of these drinks awakens the taste for those that are stronger, and thus the liquor habit is established. Moderate drinking is the school in which men are educated for the drunkard's career. Yet so insidious is the work of these milder stimulants that the highway to drunkenness is entered before the victim suspects his danger. MH 332.2"
"Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine."
Both passages discuss the progression from moderate drinking to drunkenness and its negative consequences. The EGW passage explicitly states that moderate drinking leads to the liquor habit, while Proverbs 23:29-30 describes the woes and sorrows associated with those who tarry long at the wine.
"broken down, every principle sacrificed. The strongest resolutions are undermined, the highest considerations are not sufficient to keep the debased appetite under the control of reason. MH 332.3"
"But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members."
Both passages describe the struggle between reason and desire, and the power of sin or appetite to overcome one's will. The EGW passage focuses on the loss of control due to a debased appetite, while Romans 7:23 describes the internal conflict between the law of the mind and the law of sin.