As I understand it, the Bible gives the OK for divorce if one of the partners have committed adultery. However, that is the only case in which divorce is OK with God. I do not believe that God ever intends, for one second, that a woman, or a family, to endure abuse. I have encouraged time and time again, women to leave an abusive husband and seek shelter. There are throughout our country counseling services available to the abused spouse.
Domestic violence is a very dangerous thing to deal with.
In my eight years working with the Police Department as a Chaplain, I saw more people killed as a result of Domestic violence than any other form of violence committed against another person. Police officers know that the most dangerous call they will ever receive is a Domestic violence call. Therefore, I help people leave, immediately, if there is a threat of Domestic violence. I believe that 1 Cor. But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her.