cleanliness is next to godliness

Examples from literature

From external appearance, eggs can be selected for size, color, cleanliness of shell and freedom from cracks. 
If cleanliness is next to godliness, then a parson ought to eat out of clean plates. 
It is necessary, of course, for an individual to give some attention to his diet, cleanliness, and health in order that he may live his life and do his work. 
The neatness of the houses, and the universal cleanliness of the villages, show plainly that their inhabitants live in ease and good humour. 
They will frequently inspect their guns, emplacements, etc. They are responsible for cleanliness and maintenance of the emplacements. 

cleanliness | American Dictionary

cleanliness
noun[ U ]
us/ˈklen·li·nəs/
the habit or state of keeping yourself or your environment free from dirt:
Her job involved checking the cleanliness of restaurants.

Examples of cleanliness

cleanliness
All civilized nations, he wrote, pay great attention to scientific and modern rules of cleanliness and health.
As company tenants they were required to submit to the regular inspection of their houses' cleanliness and order.
The local detail is not, however, used to amend or confirm a wider literature on health, cleanliness and urban regulation in the nineteenth century.
He can have whatever meat or refreshment he wants, at all hours, and served up with the cleanliness and comfort of his own house.
Students must be told again and again about appropriate behaviour during prathna, and reminded about cleanliness and general physical comportment in the classroom.
Other valued aspects were the freedom, privacy and cleanliness of the home, and the gardens.
To supplement his particular rules concerning punctuality, cleanliness and avoidance of waste and error, he had a list of forfeits of a more general nature.
Before milking started, designated teat cup liners were swabbed to check cleanliness.
There is a sor t of cleanliness in the dust of the quarrier.
A level of less than 100 colony-forming units (c. f. u.)/100 ml has been used as an acceptable value to indicate adequate cleanliness.
The attempt was to care as much as possible for cleanliness, to improve the condition of water.
Respectability linked workbased status with a variety of social, economic and cultural practices, sobriety, thrift, cleanliness, domesticity, education and self-help.
During the day, occluders were checked hourly for proper attachment and cleanliness.
To secure cleanliness meant to remove filth - both moral and material - or at least to control it.
The new product, called a pulsed lavage, had to meet strict guidelines for cleanliness and safety.
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