Your morsel that you have eaten, you will vomit it out, and you will have wasted your pleasant words.”​—Prov. 23:6-8.

Yes, your interest in his good things may lead you to be hesitant to endanger your ‘pleasant’ relationship with him. You may even go so far as to be partial, favoring this man in a dispute with another, thus committing injustice, injuring another person and causing harm to the congregation and reproach to yourself.​—Prov. 17:23.

Then, “your morsel that you have eaten, you will vomit it out, and you will have wasted your pleasant words.” When you realize the trap you are in, it makes you sick, so to speak, to think of his food. You find that the good, wholesome fellowship you thought you were cultivating did not develop. The pleasant words of friendliness and appreciation, the things spoken to upbuild spiritually and to encourage, have been wasted, as well as your time. You indeed feel like ‘vomiting.’

The principle expressed in the proverb would also apply to things other than food. We could get into such a situation through love of our host’s fine, comfortable home, his swimming pool, his boat or other comforts or entertainment he can provide.