Sentence examples for next to godliness from inspiring English sources

Wesley: "Cleanliness is next to godliness".

"Cleanliness is next to godliness," he said.

Cleanliness, as the proverb says, is next to godliness.

Does anyone really think that cleanliness is next to godliness?

Cleanliness was, as the saying went, next to godliness.

Cleanliness may not be next to godliness, but it is a relatively objective criterion.

For Gruden, like most NFL coaches, converting third downs is right next to godliness.

Skinniness is next to godliness, and, as you narrow, you near redemption.

In the ambit of Bush the President, piety is next to godliness.

That did not endear him to the Australians, who consider humbleness next to godliness.

Skinniness is not next to godliness; it is next to nothing.