duty of marriage

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I think it's a known fact that the husband is supposed to be the provider for his family, less he's worse than an unbeliever, an infidel, if he does not/cannot "provide for his own."
...IMO, this means food, shelter, clothing, nothing else, no extras.

Answer: ********************************Ultimately we look to God as the provider not a man. And husbands and wives should be in one accord seeking God’s direction, where two agree. Most agree the MAN is to be the provider.

Exodus 21:10 lists the things a husband should provide his wife, “her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish.” Food and Clothing is what Jesus who said not to worry about it. But the “duty of marriage” speaks of something else. This is the “Relationship” and all that goes with it including children and of course, Love.
So many people think of husbands providing only the worldly goods, but the real needs should not be overlooked either.
Because Love requires a special sacrifice… “an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.“ Eph 5:2.
This sacrificial love offering is restated in Eph 5:25 for husbands, “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word.”
So instead of buying your wife new clothes and taking her out to eat it would be better to bathe your wife with your words of Love.