"The man who has a vicious beast and who, knowing its disposition, allows it liberty, is by the laws of the land held accountable for the evil the beast may do. In the laws given to Israel the Lord directed that when a beast known to be vicious caused the death of a human being, the life of the owner should pay the price of his carelessness or malignity. On the same principle the government that licenses the liquor seller should be held responsible for the results of his traffic. And if it is a crime worthy of death to give liberty to a vicious beast, how much greater is the crime of sanctioning the work of the liquor seller! MH 343.1"
"But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death."
EGW directly references and applies the principle from Exodus 21:29 regarding responsibility for harm caused by a known danger (the ox) to the issue of liquor licensing.
"of the liquor traffic! A man under the influence of liquor commits a crime; he is brought into court; and those who legalized the traffic are forced to deal with the result of their own work. They authorized the sale of a draft that would make a sane man mad; and now it is necessary for them to send the man to prison or to the gallows, while often his wife and children are left destitute to become the charge of the community in which they live. MH 343.2"
"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise."
Both passages discuss the negative consequences of alcohol consumption. Proverbs 20:1 warns of the deceptive and destructive nature of alcohol, while EGW describes the societal costs and consequences of the liquor traffic. The connection is thematic, but the proverb is a general warning, while EGW is more specific.