If you all don't mind i am going to say something or ask it actually I'm not sure... I have been in an abusive marriage for 10 years... In the first month after we were married he started pushing me and was extremely verbally abusive.... It would escalate, then simmer down...He never apologized and said it was my fault. We have four children under the age of 8, and it is them i am concerned about, he would never hurt them physically, but i know for a fact that words hurt , so , so much more....I temporarily separated from him last year for 8 months, and after about 4 months he wanted to be back and started to compliment me more etc... and now he is living back with us, and it is has gone downhill again, but the thing is i am not concerned for my physical safety or the children, it is the words that come out of his mouth that is hurting us.... What is the Biblical stance on divorce for verbal abuse??? Not that i can ever see myself divorcing him, for I have hope that he will change, but i just don't see if i did want a divorce that i would be biblically able to do that...