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   Sample Wedding Vows

Numerous examples of vows can be found in wedding books and on the internet.   Over the years, we have created the collection of forty sample vows you will find below.  They include the tradition vows, vows written by our prior brides and grooms, vows from publications, and vows that we were inspired to write based on vows we read or heard elsewhere.

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I, *Groom , pledge myself   before God and these witnesses   to take you, *Bride , as my wife   to have & to hold   from this day forward.   I promise to love you,   to honor you,   to cherish, and respect you always.   I will care for you in times of sickness,   enjoy you in good health,   and give thanks for you always.   I will stand by you in hard times   play together with you in good times,  and joyously love you,   now, always, and forever. 

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I  ________ take you  __________  whom I hold by the hand, to be my husband/ wife,  the companion of my life, the partner of my joys and sorrows.   My chief desire to make your heart glad from this day forth.     I pledge myself before God and these witnesses   to love, to honor, to cherish, and protect you,  in sickness and in health, in austerity and in prosperity as long as there is love and life.

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Do you _____________ take _____________, whom you hold by the hand, to be your husband/wife,  the companion of your life, the partner of your joys and sorrows?   (I do.) 

[Minister then says to bride/groom,  “Please repeat after me.”  Minister gives the bride/groom the remaining vows one phrase at a time.   The bride/groom repeats them to her/his partner.]

_______ , from this day forth, it is my chief desire to make your heart glad.  I, ___________, pledge myself before God and these witnesses to love, honor and cherish, and protect you, in sickness and in health, in prosperity and in austerity as long as there is love and life.

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*** 2 ***

_______________, I promise to love you for both your strengths & your weaknesses.   I promise to be

            your lover,   your companion and  friend,

            your partner in parenthood,

            your ally in conflict,

            your comrade in adventure,

            your encouragement in adversity,

            your confederate in revelry,

            your accomplice in mischief,

            & your associate in the search for enlightenment.

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*** 3A***

I, Groom,  choose you, Bride,  to be my wife,  my friend,  my lover,  and the mother of our children.   To look at you is to see my vision of love.   To listen to your laughter is to hear the sound of love.   To hold you in my arms is to feel the infinite joy of God’s greatest creation.   On this day, I publicly affirm the joyous relationship we now share,  and I promise to love,  to honor,  to respect,  and to cherish you throughout all of our days together.   

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*** 4 ***

I, ________, take you, ________, whom I hold by the hand, to be my wife/husband, the companion of my life, the partner of my joys & sorrows, the sharer of my dreams & the supporter of yours.  It shall be my desire to make your heart glad from this day forth.  And I dedicate myself to the fulfillment of the life we share with all that encompasses.

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I, ________, promise to love you, ________, and only you, with all that encompasses, for as long as we both shall live.

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*** 6 ***

__________, I take you as my friend & wife/husband.  I pledge to share my life openly with you, to respect and love you, to speak the truth to you in love;  I promise to honor & tenderly care for you, to cherish & encourage your own fulfillment as an individual & our fulfillment as a couple through all the changes of our lives.

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*** 7 ***

I, ________, take you, ________,    to be my wife / husband;  to have & to hold  from this day forward.   I love and cherish you.   I honor  and respect you.      I give you my  loyalty and my trust.   As my lover and my best  friend,  I choose you always.

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*** 8 ***

I, ________, take you, ________, to be my wife/husband.  I to commit myself to you through all experiences of life;  a commitment made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope & eternally made new.  I pledge to treasure you as my dearest friend & life companion.  I give you my trust & respect & promise to be worthy of yours.  I will take your dreams, make them mine, and help you to fulfill them.  ________, I bring my love to you with open hands.  With nothing but this, I pledge to you my loyalty, my deepest devotion;  & to share my entire life with you.

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*** 9 ***

I, ________, pledge myself before God and these witnesses to take you, ________, to be my lawfully wedded wife/husband, and my life partner.   As we become one in marriage,  together we will build a sacred partnership based on truth and love.  I promise to share with you and care for you through joy and sorrow, in sickness and in health, to be yours alone in body and spirit , so long as we both shall live.  I will love you with my heart and soul and I will cherish,  throughout eternity,  the precious gift of your love.

***10 ***

I, __________ , take you, ___________ , to be my wife/husband, promising to love, to honor, to cherish and respect  you, sharing all that may occur throughout our lives together. 

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***  11 ***

________,  I join you today, before our family & friends, to pledge my commitment to making the utmost of our lives together  as husband & wife.  I promise to work with you to build  our love and  friendship, and to maintain the love & respect that have grown between us.   I promise to speak  openly & honestly, and to welcome your cares & worries.   I offer you forgiveness & acceptance,  kindness & flexibility.   May we love with constancy and support each other through the trials and triumphs to come.

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I take your hand in mine.  It is a symbolic gesture, fraught with meaning throughout centuries of time.     It symbolizes friendship & I promise now to be a true & loyal friend to you.        It symbolizes union & I promise to keep our union uppermost in my life.        It symbolizes help & caring & I promise to be here to help you whenever & however you need me.        Most of all, it symbolizes love;  joyous love, total & complete.  Such a love is what I feel for you.        I take your hand in mine---for this hour, for this day, for this lifetime.

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*** 13 ***

I, ________ choose you, __________ to be my wife/husband, my friend, my love, the mother/father of our children.  I join you today to pledge before our family & friends, our commitment to make the utmost of our life together.  As husband & wife, I promise to work with you to build our love & friendship, to speak openly & honestly, to welcome your cares & worries and maintain the love & respect that have grown between us.  I offer acceptance & flexibility, loyalty & trust, may we love & support each other through the trials & triumphs of our life together.

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*** 14 ***

I,   _________,    take you, ____________ to be my wife/husband, to have & to hold from this day forward, as the companion of my life, the partner of my joys and sorrows and the sharer of my dreams.  I promise to honor & respect you with loyalty & trust, to love you and cherish you always.

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_______,    as your dearest friend, I promise to always speak openly and honestly, to listen attentively with understanding and with compassion, to encourage and support  your fulfillment as an individual.   

As your faithful lover,  I promise always to treat you with sensitivity and respect,  to trust you     and uphold  your trust of me, and to be your harbor for romance.   As your devoted partner,  I promise to always work with you in pursuing the best life has to offer,  to be your comrade in adventure,  and  your ally in conflict,  and to love you sharing my entire life with you,    forevermore.

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*** 16  ***

Dear ____________, I, __________, have chosen you to be my wife/husband, dear friend, devoted lover & partner of my life.

I promise to join with you & share all that is to come.  I promise to give & to receive with a joyful & open heart, to speak in love & listen with respect, to inspire & respond with laughter & delight, and to tenderly care for you, supporting your growth as woman/man & as spirit.   I offer you my loyalty, receptivity & trust & will honor yours.   To our union I bring my 

            (masculine talents of leading, initiating & the wise use of power) 

            (feminine graces of healing, nurturing, compassion and intuition.)    

I hear your needs.  I see your beauty.   I cherish you, now & always.

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____________  I vow to rediscover each day, the awe & mystery within you.  I will seek to unveil your inner potential with belief in you, warmth around you & patience with you.  I promise to choose with wisdom how best to love you in each moment.  I vow to nurture your changes & evoke your gifts by listening, observing, confronting & speaking the truth in love.  I promise to take risks & seek my own growth as I do yours.  I will love you even when it means losing a part of you I love.  I am willing to be vulnerable, to be hurt, & yet stay with you, ready to forgive & start anew.

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I pledge you my love, ___________, and through all, I will stand beside you.  As you are my best friend and lover, I am honored to be your husband/wife..  I love you.

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__________, I love you.   I promise you my love, my faithfulness, my trust and my friendship throughout my life.   I commit myself fully to our relationship and to whatever life holds for us as husband and wife.   Our marriage is precious to me,  and I'll always be there for you.   I want to make every day feel as wonderful as our wedding day.   I welcome you as my  wife/husband.

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I, __________, take you, __________, to be my wife, & in doing so, commit my life to you, encompassing all sorrows & joys, all hardships & triumphs, all the experiences of life;  a commitment made in love, kept in faith, lived in hope & eternally made new.  I will love you, honor you & be faithful unto you only for all the days of my life.

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I,  Groom  take you,  Bride  to be my wife.   I willingly share with you all that our life together shall bring.   I promise to love you,  respect you,  and care for you to comfort your sorrows and to expand your joys.   I will be faithful to you and honest with you.   I will share my thoughts,  my love,  and my life with you.   To you,  I pledge myself,  and all that I am.   

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*** 22 ***

I, __________, have chosen you, ________, to be my husband, friend, lover & partner of my life.  I vow to rediscover each day the mystery within you.  I will seek to unveil your inner potential with belief in you, warmth around you & patience with you.  I promise to choose with wisdom how best to love you in each moment.   To nurture your changes & evoke your gifts by listening, observing, confronting & speaking the truth in love.  I will take risks & seek my own growth as I do yours.  I will love you even when it means losing a part of you I love.  I am willing to be vulnerable, to be misunderstood & yet stay with you, ready to forgive, to understand even more.  I cherish you now & always.

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*** 23 ***

I, _______, have chosen you, _______, to be my wife, friend, lover & partner of my life.  I promise to give & receive with a joyful & open heart, to speak in love & listen with respect, to inspire & respond with laughter & delight, & to tenderly care for you, supporting your growth as woman & as spirit.  To our union I bring my Shiva talents of leading, initiating, direction.  I will also bring the wise use of my Shakti graces of healing, nurturing, compassion & intuition.  I hear your needs.  I see your beauty within.  I cherish you now & always.

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*** 24 *** 

_______  I join you today before our family and friends and all who may witness, to pledge my commitment to making the utmost of our lives together as husband & wife.    I promise to share my life openly with you, to maintain the love and respect that has grown between us.   I promise to honor, to cherish and to care for you in both sickness and in health,  and in both adversity and in prosperity.   I promise to be loyal and true in all that may occur throughout our lives together.  

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*** 25 ***

______, today, in the presence of our families and friends, I pledge my devotion of deep love for you.  I choose you, _______ to be my husband, my best friend, and most importantly, my partner in life.    I promise to cherish and care for you in sickness and in health, in prosperity and adversity as long as we both shall live.   I promise to love you for both your strengths and weaknesses.  I promise to make our marriage and our relationship one of faith and honesty, and one of deep trust.   

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*** 26-A ***

I, Groom, have chosen,  and do now choose you,  my precious and dearly beloved Bride,  to be my wife, my lover, and my life’s companion.   I pledge to share my life openly with you, to speak truthfully and lovingly to you, I promise to accept you completely just as you are and delight in who you are becoming.   I promise to always respect your uniqueness, to encourage your fulfillment, and compassionately support you through all the changes that will occur during our coming years together.   

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*** 27 ***

  Bride  / Groom, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me.   I thank God every day for bringing us together.   You are the love of my life and my best friend.  Because of you, I am a better person today.  

I promise to always love you, honor you, respect you and cherish you.   I promise to always be faithful to you.  I will trust you with my heart and with my life.   I promise I will never give up on you and will always be there for you, no matter what life brings our way.   I promise to accept you just as you are.   I promise to always support you and encourage you.  I will always believe in you.  

Thank you for choosing to share you life with me as my wife / husband.   I give you my heart, and it's yours to keep for the rest of my life.

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*** 28 ***

I Groom take you Bride to be my wedded wife, to love and to cherish, and deeply respect in accordance with divine law, as set forth in the Holly Scriptures for Christian Husbands for as long as we both shall live together on Earth, according to God's marital arrangement.

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*** 29 ***

I, Groom, take you, Bride , to be my wife.   Thank you for Choosing to share your life with me.   You have filled my heart with love,  my home with joy,  and my life with happiness.   I feel truly blessed being your love, your friend, and your companion.   

I promise you my faithfulness, my trust, my friendship, and, most of all, my love.   Throughout my life, I'll be by your side to share all the joys and sorrows that that life presents to us.   I love you now and will love you forever.

*** 30A***

I, Groom, take you, Bride , to be my wife.   Thank you Bride , for being my friend, my love, the companion of my life, and the sharer of my dreams.   Most of all, thank you for choosing to share your life with me.   I’ll  be by your side to share all the joys and sorrows that life presents to us as husband and wife.   Please take my hand; with it comes my heart.   Because the world is ours, I cherish everything it brings, beginning and ending  with you.   I love you now, and will love you forever.