"It is not the drunkard and his family alone who are imperiled by the work of the liquor seller, nor is the burden of taxation the chief evil which his traffic brings on the community. We are all woven together in the web of humanity. The evil that befalls any part of the great human brotherhood brings peril to all. MH 345.1"
"And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it."
Both passages emphasize the interconnectedness of humanity and the shared suffering when one member is affected.
"Many a man who through love of gain or ease would have nothing to do with restricting the liquor traffic has found, too late, that the traffic had to do with him. He has seen his own children besotted and ruined. Lawlessness runs riot. Property is in danger. Life is unsafe. Accidents by sea and by land multiply. Diseases that breed in the haunts of filth and wretchedness make their way to lordly and luxurious homes. Vices fostered by the children of debauchery and crime infect the sons and daughters of refined and cultured households. MH 345.2 There is no man whose interests the liquor traffic does not imperil. There is no man who for his own safeguard should not set himself to destroy it. MH 345.3"
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."
EGW's description of the consequences of the liquor traffic, including its impact on those who initially ignored it, directly reflects the principle of reaping what one sows.