1:11Counsel (verb) As used in the scriptures, counsel means to advise or instruct. I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, Rev. 3:18. Seek not to counsel the Lord, Jacob 4:10. He doth counsel in wisdom over all his works, Alma 37:12. Your sins have come up unto me because you seek to counsel in your own ways, D&C 56:14.