Proverbs 23:6-8

6 Do not eat the food of a begrudging host, do not crave his delicacies;
7 for he is the kind of person who is always thinking about the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten and will have wasted your compliments.

In v1-3, a warning was given about the lifestyle of the rich. Now the warning is shifted away from the fine food or wealth itself to the motives and intentions of the person offering the meal.

Both luxurious lifestyles and deceitful hospitality are to be avoided. You should reject invitations for dinner by an evil person, who has wicked ambitions other than your pleasure and prosperity motivating his offer.

1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.

Application

Pray for a discerning heart to understand people around us.