Here are some vows to either use, get inspiration from, or mix and match. There are quite a few that are ‘repeat after me’ but you could just choose to ignore that and just read them out of my book yourself. Any vow you choose or write can be repeated after me, too!
Classic Wedding Vows
I, ________, take you, ________, to be my lawful wife/husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, until death do us part. This is my solemn vow.
Modern Wedding Vows 1.
I, ________, take you, ________, to be my best friend, partner in crime, and loving wife/husband, to fall asleep with every night, to wake up to every morning, for support when you are down, for celebrating all your achievements, for when we’ve got the money, for when we’re strapped for cash, when you’ve got the man flu, when you’re fighting fit, until my very last breath.
Modern Wedding Vows 2.
I, ________, offer my whole self to you as your loving wife/husband, and accept you, ________, to be my life long partner and legal husband/wife. From this day forward I promise to make you laugh and let you cry, to build you up when you’re down and pop the champagne when we’re winning, to love you just as much on the tough days as I do on the good days, to be your number one fan, and to always play my part on our team. All of this I promise you, the love of my life.
Modern Wedding Vows 3.
I will love you one hundred percent, I will love you without a cent, I will love you sick or healthy, I will love you poor or wealthy, I will love you everyday, and always by your side I’ll stay, I will love you good or bad, I will never make you sad, and whilst we each have our own flaws, if you’ll be mine then I’m all yours.
Exchange of Vows 1
GROOM/BRIDE, repeat after me:
I, GROOM/BRIDE, take you, BRIDE, to be my wife/husband
To share all that I am and all that I have,
For all time to come.
And I promise to do all in my power to keep my love as deep and as strong as it is today.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
I, BRIDE, take you, GROOM/BRIDE to be my husband/wife
To share all that I am and all that I have,
For all time to come.
And I promise to do all in my power to keep my love as deep and as strong as it is today.
Exchange of Vows 2
GROOM/BRIDE, repeat after me:
I GROOM/BRIDE, take you, BRIDE, to be my wife/husband:
Your love is my anchor.
Your trust is my strength
I will give you all my love from now until eternity ends
You make my life complete.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
I, BRIDE, take you, GROOM/BRIDE to be my husband/wife:
Your love is my anchor.
Your trust is my strength
I will give you all my love from now until eternity ends
You make my life complete.
Exchange of Vows 3
GROOM/BRIDE, repeat after me:
BRIDE, as your husband/wife,
I promise to care for you,
trust your love,
be responsive to your needs,
communicate my feelings,
and behave in a way that shows my love and respect.
I say these things because I love you
and want to live out the days of my life with you.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
GROOM/BRIDE, as your wife/husband,
I promise to care for you,
trust your love,
be responsive to your needs,
communicate my feelings,
and behave in a way that shows my love and respect.
I say these things because I love you
and want to live out the days of my life with you.
Exchange of Vows 4
GROOM/BRIDE, repeat after me:
BRIDE, I take you to be my wife/husband;
To share with you the laughter;
To kiss away the tears;
And to give you all the love in my heart,
As long as we both shall live.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
GROOM/BRIDE, I take you to be my husband;
To share with you the laughter;
To kiss away the tears;
And to give you all the love in my heart,
As long as we both shall live.
Exchange of Vows 5
GROOM/BRIDE, repeat after me:
I, GROOM/BRIDE, take you, BRIDE, to be my wife/husband
To love you when you drive me crazy.
To respect you when we disagree.
To support you if bad times come our way.
And to always remember how grateful I am
To have you by my side.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
I, BRIDE, take you, GROOM/BRIDE to be my husband/wife
To love you when you drive me crazy.
To respect you when we disagree.
To support you if bad times come our way.
And to always remember how grateful I am
To have you by my side.
Exchange of Vows 6
GROOM/BRIDE, repeat after me:
BRIDE, I take you to be my wife/husband:
To love you with all my heart;
To share with you all my soul;
To grow with you through all my days;
As long as we both shall live.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
GROOM/BRIDE, I take you to be my husband/wife:
To love you with all my heart;
To share with you all my soul;
To grow with you through all my days;
As long as we both shall live.
Exchange of Vows 7
GROOM/BRIDE, repeat after me:
From this day onward, I choose you BRIDE to be my wife/husband.
To live together and laugh together;
To work by your side and dream in your arms;
To fill your heart and feed your soul;
To always seek out the best in you;
To play with you whenever I can, as we grow old;
Always loving you with all my heart,
until the end of our forever.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
From this day onward, I choose you GROOM/BRIDE to be my husband/wife.
To live together and laugh together;
To work by your side and dream in your arms;
To fill your heart and feed your soul;
To always seek out the best in you;
To play with you whenever I can, as we grow old;
Always loving you with all my heart,
until the end of our forever.
Exchange of Vows 8
GROOM/BRIDE, repeat after me:
I choose you BRIDE to be my wife/husband.
I have emptied my heart of all others.
It is only filled with you.
You’re my best friend and my only love
And I’ll cherish you for the rest of my life.
BRIDE, please repeat after me:
I choose you, GROOM/BRIDE to be my husband/wife.
I have emptied my heart of all others.
It is only filled with you.
You’re my best friend and my only love
And I’ll cherish you for the rest of my life.
Exchange of Vows 10
GROOM/BRIDE, repeat after me:
Gentle soul, it is with wonder and joy that I take you to be my cherished wife/husband.
To join with you and to share with you all that is to come,
To give and to receive, to speak and to listen, to inspire and to respond,
To continue finding the delight we have discovered in each other’s company.
In all our life together I promise to be loyal,
to cherish you with my whole being,
and to see you always through the eyes of love.
I hold you tenderly in my heart,
and I entrust myself to your heart,
on this our sacred wedding day,
and for all the days to be.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
Gentle soul, it is with wonder and joy that I take you to be my cherished husband/wife.
To join with you and to share with you all that is to come,
To give and to receive, to speak and to listen, to inspire and to respond,
To continue finding the delight we have discovered in each other’s company.
In all our life together I promise to be loyal,
to cherish you with my whole being,
and to see you always through the eyes of love.
I hold you tenderly in my heart,
and I entrust myself to your heart,
on this our sacred wedding day,
and for all the days to be.
Exchange of Vows 11
GROOM/BRIDE, repeat after me:
You are a precious gift to me
my lifeline,
my soul mate,
my hope and my joy.
I cherish you with my mind, body and soul.
How blessed I am
to be able to say that you are mine,
to be able to love you
and live with you for the rest of my days.
I vow to be a good husband/wife to you,
always putting you first in my life,
always there to comfort you
in your sorrow
and rejoice with you in your victories.
May our hearts and souls
become one as we unite this day.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
You are a precious gift to me
my lifeline,
my soul mate,
my hope and my joy.
I cherish you with my mind, body and soul.
How blessed I am
to be able to say that you are mine,
to be able to love you
and live with you for the rest of my days.
I vow to be a good wife/husband to you,
always putting you first in my life,
always there to comfort you
in your sorrow
and rejoice with you in your victories.
May our hearts and souls
become one as we unite this day.
Exchange of Vows 13
GROOM/BRIDE, repeat after me:
I, GROOM/BRIDE take you BRIDE to be my wife/husband
you are my companion in life and my one true love.
I will treasure our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever.
I will trust and honour you, I will laugh and cry with you.
I will love you faithfully
through the best and the worst
through the difficult and the easy
What may come I will always be there
As I have given you my hands to hold
So I give you my life to keep
BRIDE, repeat after me:
I, BRIDE take you GROOM/BRIDE to be my husband/wife
you are my companion in life and my one true love.
I will treasure our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever.
I will trust and honour you, I will laugh and cry with you.
I will love you faithfully
through the best and the worst
through the difficult and the easy
What may come I will always be there
As I have given you my hands to hold
So I give you my life to keep
Exchange of Vows 14
GROOM/BRIDE, repeat after me:
I love you.
You are my best friend.
Today I give myself to you in marriage.
I promise to encourage and inspire you,
to laugh with you,
and to comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle.
I promise to love you in good times and in bad,
when life seems easy
and when it seems hard,
and when our love is simple,
and when it is an effort.
I promise to cherish you,
and to always hold you in highest regard.
These things I give to you today,
and all the days of our life.
BRIDE, repeat after me:
I love you.
You are my best friend.
Today I give myself to you in marriage.
I promise to encourage and inspire you,
to laugh with you,
and to comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle.
I promise to love you in good times and in bad,
when life seems easy
and when it seems hard,
and when our love is simple,
and when it is an effort.
I promise to cherish you,
and to always hold you in highest regard.
These things I give to you today,
and all the days of our life.
Exchange of Vows 15
I vow to love you
and care for you
as long as we both shall live.
I take you,
with all of your faults and strengths,
as I offer myself to you
with my faults and strengths.
I will help you when you need help,
and will turn to you when I need help.
I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life.
Exchange of Vows 16
No matter what life brings,
I take you as my friend and love,
beside me and apart from me,
in laughter and tears,
and in conflict and peace.
I ask that you be no other than yourself,
as I love what I know of you
and trust what I do not.
I cherish you,
for being all that you are,
all that you are not,
and all that you can be.
Know that I am here for you,
and that your pain will be mine,
and your joy mine as well.
Exchange of Vows 17
From this day forward,
I make a promise,
whatever happens,
you shall not walk alone.
I’ll stand by your side,
and sleep in your arms,
I’ll be the joy in your heart,
and your closest confidant.
May you feel deeply loved,
for indeed you are.
Through our brightest days and our darkest nights,
I take you into my heart.
Exchange of Vows 18
I commit my life to our friendship and love in marriage.
I promise to comfort you,
to encourage you,
and to support you.
I promise to express my thoughts and emotions to you
and to listen to you in times of joy and in times of sorrow.
I love you,
and you are my closest friend.
I vow to share life
and all that I am with you always.
Exchange of Vows 19
Today, I join my life to yours.
From this day on,
I will be your companion.
You are my dearest love
and my best friend.
I look forward to our separate and shared successes.
I welcome the challenge of any obstacles we encounter,
for I know that whatever we face,
we face it together.
Because your happiness is vital to me,
I will help you to grow as an individual.
Because you deserve no less than my best,
I will also strive to be more fully myself.
I pledge that I will listen to you when you speak,
encourage you in times of doubt,
comfort you in times of sorrow,
and be your refuge of strength in times of uncertainty.
I will be faithful to you all days of my life,
caring sincerely and thoughtfully for you always,
and will cherish and adore you every moment of my life.
This is my solemn vow.
Exchange of Vows 20
As we go through life together,
I will be your lover, companion, and friend,
your ally in conflict and mischief,
your greatest fan and your toughest adversary,
your comrade in adventure,
your student and your teacher,
your consolation in disappointment,
your accomplice in mischief,
your strength in your need and vulnerable to you in my own,
and most of all,
your associate in the search for enlightenment.
When I go to the place in me that is Love.
And you go into that place in you that is Love.
There we are One.
Exchange of Vows 23
From this day on
I choose you to be my beloved soul mate,
to live with you and laugh with you;
to stand by your side and sleep in your arms;
to be joy to your heart and food to your soul;
to bring out the best in you always;
to be the best I can be, just for you;
to celebrate with you in the good times;
to struggle with you in the bad;
to solace you when you are down-hearted;
to wipe your tears with my hands;
to care for you with my entire being;
to share with you everything that I have;
as we treat each other with tenderness, compassion and love.
Exchange of Vows 24
I, GROOM/BRIDE,
take thee, Bride,
for my lawful wedded wife/husband,
to have and to hold,
from this day forward,
for better,
for worse,
for richer,
for poorer,
in sickness and in health
as long as we both shall live.
I, Bride,
take thee, GROOM/BRIDE,
for my lawful wedded husband/wife,
to have and to hold,
from this day forward,
for better,
for worse,
for richer,
for poorer,
in sickness and in health as long as we both shall live.
Exchange of Vows 25
I GROOM/BRIDE, take you BRIDE, to be my wife/husband.
I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad,
in sickness and in health.
I will love you and honour you all the days of my life.
I BRIDE, take you GROOM/BRIDE, to be my husband/wife.
I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad,
in sickness and in health.
I will love you and honour you all the days of my life.
Exchange of Vows 27
____, you are consecrated to me now as my wife/husband this day forward, to love and to cherish, to have and to hold, for richer or for poorer, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, in sadness and in joy, to share together as long as we both shall love.
Exchange of Vows 28
I, ____ – choose you, ____ – above all others – to share my life. I pledge to share my life openly with you – to speak the truth in love – and to accept your truth – as you share with me. I will be your companion and friend in life. I will give you respect – understanding – and the freedom to grow – in your learning and fulfillment.
I promise to offer you freely from my heart,
my trust,
my devotion,
my tenderness,
and my love.
Exchange of Vows 29
I ____ take you _____, treasure of my heart and dearest companion, to be my wife/husband, lover and friend, to journey through life with, beyond the road’s end. I will love, comfort and honour you, through good times and bad, all of my days.
Exchange of Vows 30
I ____ take you _____to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish; and I promise to be faithful to you until we are parted by death.
Exchange of Vows 31
I take you ____ this day as my husband/wife, and I promise to walk by your side forever, as your best friend, your lover, and your soul mate.
Exchange of Vows 32
I, _____, take you, ______, to be my wife/husband. I chose to marry you this day and I want to grow old with you. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honour you all the days of my life. This is my solemn vow.
Exchange of Vows 33
I, ____ take you ______ to be my wife/husband
I will cherish our friendship/
And love you today, tomorrow and forever/
I will trust you and honour you/
I will love you faithfully/
through the best and the worst/
What may come I will always be there/
I come into this union/
Letting go of my deepest fears/
And embracing all my faith/
And if I doubt/
I will remember this time/
And why we came together this day/
As I have given you my hands to hold/
So I give you my life to keep
Exchange of Vows 34
As I have come of my own free will, I promise to love and respect you, laugh with you, share my life openly and honestly with you, support you in times of sadness, and share your joy in times of triumph. I also promise to honour and cherish you all the days of our lives.
Exchange of Vows 35
I, ——–, take you, ——–, to be my wedded husband/wife. I will love you today, tomorrow, and forever. I promise to trust you, laugh with you, and share my life openly and honestly with you. I will support you in times of sadness, and share your joy in times of triumph. I promise to love, comfort, and honour you all the days of my life.
Exchange of Vows 36
______, I promise to always love you, treasure you, and adore you. I will celebrate the joys of life with you and I will offer you courage and strength through all endeavors. I promise to do everything in my power to keep our love as vibrant as it is today. For as long as I shall live, I will be honoured to be your wife/husband.
Exchange of Vows 37
________, you are my companion in life and my one true love. I will treasure our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever. I will trust and honour you, I will laugh and cry with you. With unfailing love I will stand by you through the best and the worst, through the difficult and the easy. As I have given you my hand to hold, so I give you my life to keep.
Exchange of Vows 38
I, _____, take you, ____, to be my wife/husband, to love and to cherish you, to honour and to comfort you, to stand by you in sorrow or in joy, in hardship or in ease, to be both your lover and your closest friend.
Exchange of Vows 39
These vows come from my heart. I pledge to love you forever; to be open, honest, and faithful to you. I promise to be your best friend – to laugh, cry, sing and dance with you; to nurture your spiritual growth and to support your dreams; to allow you freedom and room for personal growth to become the person you are yet to be. I promise to help create a home filled with reverence for learning, loving, generosity, and serenity; to bring gentleness to the relationship. I promise to listen – and honour your words and feelings; to work through the conflicts and to resolve our problems. I promise to comfort and to challenge you and to nurture your sexual being and to be your romantic lover.
Exchange of Vows 40
I love you.
You are my best friend.
Today I give myself to you in marriage.
I promise to encourage and inspire you,
to laugh with you, and to comfort you in
times of sorrow and struggle.
I promise to love you in good times and in
bad, when life seems easy and when it
seems hard, when our love is simple,
and when it is an effort.
I promise to cherish you, and to always
hold you in highest regard.
These things I give to you today,
and all the days of our life.
Exchange of Vows 41
I promise to give you the best of myself and to ask of you no more than you can give.
I promise to respect you as your own person and to realize that your interests, desires and needs
are no less important than my own.
I promise to share with you my time and my attention and to bring joy, strength and imagination to our relationship.
I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see through the window of my world into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams.
I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face changes in order to keep our relationship alive and exciting.
I promise to love you in good times and bad, with all I have to give and all I feel inside
in the only way I know how, completely and forever.
Exchange of Vows 42
I take you as my partner, my friend and my love.
My hopes and dreams will now be intermingled with yours.
I will seek to balance my needs with those of our community and family.
I will openly draw from our combined experience and feelings in our search for truth and meaning.
I will strive for harmony through compromise and understanding.
I will be forgiving, but not complacent.
From this day forward, I take shared responsibility for our marriage, family, community and myself,
regardless of our successes or failures.
I promise to be faithful and true to you in mind, body, and spirit; to cherish you and respect you;
and to be a source of comfort and encouragement, free and bound by our love, as long as we shall live.
Exchange of Vows 43
I marry you because everything reminds me of you.
I marry you because I like you best.
I marry you because in holding you I am held.
I marry you because I enjoy you.
I marry you because we can grow, not together, but very nearby.
I marry you because you are my favorite person to goof off with.
I marry you because when you smile, I forget where I am, and it takes me longer each tome to remember again.
I marry you because you are strong enough to be weak.
I marry you because I need to be cared for but, more importantly, I need to care.
I marry you because you make me laugh heartily and often, reminding me not to take myself or my life overly serious.
I marry you because you know me better than I know myself.
Exchange of Vows 44
I take you, ______,
To be my husband/wife from this day forward,
To join with you
And share all that is to come
And I promise to be faithful to you
Until death parts us.
Exchange of Vows 49
______, you are my family,
you are my home
I am alive with you
You help me face fears and
I am encouraged with you;
I experience forgiveness wit you and
I grow with you.
I am faithful to my highest self wit you
And that allows me to be faithful to you.
I love you with all my being,
And my dream is to grow old with you.
Exchange of Vows 51
I, GROOM/BRIDE, take you, BRIDE, to be my wife/husband
and partner in life and love,
now and always.
I promise always to be your home,
to give you my love
fully, faithfully, honestly,
never holding back.
I promise always to do, think and say
all that will nourish our bond,
so that it may grow throughout our lives together
and shine as a light of warmth,
fidelity,
devotion,
respect
and most of all, love.
I, BRIDE, take you, GROOM/BRIDE, to be my husband/wife
and partner in life and love,
now and always.
I promise always to be your home,
to give you my love
fully, faithfully, honestly,
never holding back.
I promise always to do, think and say
all that will nourish our bond,
so that it may grow throughout our lives together
and shine as a light of warmth,
fidelity,
devotion,
respect
and most of all, love.
Exchange of Vows 53
I,(GROOM/BRIDE)_______________,take you,(Bride)_______________,/ to be my partner in life./ Ipromise to walk by your side forever, / and to love, help, and encourage you / in all that you do. / I will take time to talk with you, / to listen to you, / and to care for you. / I will share your laughter and your tears / as your partner, lover, and best friend. / Everything I am and everything I have is yours / now and forevermore.
I,(Bride)_______________, give myself to you,(GROOM/BRIDE)_______________,/on this our wedding day. /I will cherish our friendship, / and love you today, tomorrow, and forever. / I will trust you and honour you. / I will love you faithfully / through the best and the worst, / through the difficult and the easy. / Whatever comes our way, I will be there always. / As I have given you my hand to hold, / so I give you my life to keep.

Exchange of Vows 54
(GROOM/BRIDE) _______________, I love you. You have brought such joy to my life. Thank you for loving me as I am and taking me into your heart. I vow to return your love in full as we grow together as husband/wife and wife/husband. Through all the changes of our lives, I promise to be there for you always as a strength in need, a comfort in sorrow, a counselor in difficulty, and a companion in joy. This is my promise to you. (These wedding vows are best if read rather than repeated.)
(GROOM/BRIDE) _______________, I accept you as my (wife/husband) and life companion / from this day forward. / I will share what I have and who I am. / I will be true to you in all things. / I will love you enough to risk being hurt, / and trust you when I misunderstand. / I will weep with you in heartache, / celebrate life with you in joy, / and cherish you as my partner / today, tomorrow, and always.
Exchange of Vows 56
(GROOM/BRIDE) _______________, my promise to you is but a simple one. I will love you today and every day that follows until the end of time. With the passing of every minute, my love grows stronger and my devotion grows deeper. I will love and cherish you until my eyes can no longer see your gentle smile, my ears can no longer hear your loving words, and my hands can no longer feel your tender caress. From this moment until my dying breath, you are my love—you are my life.
Exchange of Vows 57
I, (GROOM/BRIDE) _______________ take you, (GROOM/BRIDE) _______________, / to be my partner in life. / I will cherish our friendship, / and love you today, tomorrow, and forever. / I will trust you and honour you. / I will love you faithfully / through the best and the worst, / through the difficult and the easy. / Whatever comes our way, I will be there always. / As I have given you my hand to hold, / so I give you my life to keep.
Exchange of Vows 59
I promise to give you the best of myself and to ask of you no more than you can give. I promise to accept you the way you are. I fell in love with you for the qualities, abilities, and outlook on life that you have, and I will not try to reshape you into a different image. I promise to respect you as a person with your own interests, desires, and needs, and to realize that those are sometimes different, but no less important than my own. I promise to share with you my time, my close attention, and to bring joy and strength and imagination to our relationship. I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see through the window of my personal world into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams. I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face change as we both change in order to keep our relationship alive and exciting. And finally, I promise to love you in good times and in bad, with all I have to give and all I feel inside, in the only way I know how—completely and forever.
Exchange of Vows 61 – Traditional Vows
1.
I, (GROOM/BRIDE) _______________, take thee, (GROOM/BRIDE) _______________, / to be my wedded (wife/husband), / to have and to hold / from this day forward, / for better, for worse, / for richer, for poorer, / in sickness and in health, / to love and to cherish, / till death do us part. / This is my solemn vow.
2.
“______, will you take ______ to be your wife/husband? Do you commit yourself to her/his happiness and self-fulfillment as a person? Do you promise to love, honour, and trust her/him in sickness and in health, in adversity and prosperity, and to be true and loyal to her/him so long as you both shall live?”
3.
“______, I promise to be faithful, supportive, and loyal and to give you my companionship and love throughout all the changes of our life. I vow to bring you happiness, and I will treasure you as my companion. I will celebrate the joys of life with you. I promise to support your dreams, and walk beside you offering courage and strength through all endeavors. From this day forward, I will be proud to be your wife/husband and your best friend.”
4.
“I choose you, ______, to be my wife/husband, as my friend and love. On this day I affirm the relationship we have enjoyed, looking to the future and to keep and strengthen it. I will be yours in plenty and in want, in sickness and in health, in failure and in triumph. Together, we will dream, and live as one while respecting one another, we will stumble but restore each other, we will share all things. I will cherish, comfort, and encourage you, be open with you, and stay with you as long as I shall live.”
5.
“I, ______, take you ______, for my wedded wife/husband from this day forward, to have and to hold as equal partner in my life, to whom I give my deepest love and devotion. I humbly open my heart to you as a sanctuary of warmth and peace, where you may come and find a refuge of love and strength. I will love you enough to risk being hurt, trust you when I don’t understand, weep with you in heartache, and celebrate life with you in joy. I will receive you as my equal throughout all of our days.”
6.
“______, I take you as my wife/husband, with your faults and your strengths, as I offer myself to you with my faults and my strengths. I will help you when you need help, and turn to you when I need help. I choose you as the person with whom I will spend my life.”
