Ps 1:1
Walking in the counsel of the ungodly is far more than walking in ungodly counsel. For that matter, I’ve received ( and probably given) ungodly counsel.
That is, counsel that does not fully, thoroughly, or perhaps rightly, consider God. Yes; thinking now I realise I’m guilty of all these things.
However, since I’ve been a believer I have not done any of it intentionally. And there’s the difference: The Godly can give ill advised counsel and still remain Godly. The ungodly can give good counsel but he cannot give Godly counsel. The un-godly aren’t necessarily bad people. They just don’t have a God, or at least don’t have a god they’d admit -or perhaps not want to admit -was their God when they discovered what it was. ( greed, lust, fear, power- that kind of thing. Anything you think about, talk about and allow to impact your way of life is a god of course. You find yourself wholly devoted to it When it begins to control your decision making beyond it’s proper limits.)
If a soul does not know the Lord, he is incapable of representing the Lord’s mind on any matter. Do not walk in the counsel of an unbeliever. You may have to take an unbelievers advice-I get that- but you cannot safely take an ungodly speakers advice until you test it’s spirit and be assured it resounds in the mind of the Lord. Only He tells the whole truth, always, for The Truth’s sake.