cleanliness is next to godliness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First recorded in a sermon by John Wesley in 1778.

Proverb[edit]

cleanliness is next to godliness

  1. It is important and morally sound to keep one's body and home clean; those who practice purity and wholeness are close to God.