Proverbs 23:5 (BSB)

When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.

From Proverbs 23. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 23:5

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 23:4-5: As some are given to appetite (Pro 23:2) so others to covetousness, and those Solomon here takes to task. Men cheat themselves as much by setting their hearts on money (though it seems most substantial) as by setting them on dainties. Observe, I. How he dissuades the covetous man from toiling and tormenting himself (Pro 23:4).
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 23:5: Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?.... The Vulgate Latin version is, "do not lift up thine eyes to riches which thou canst not have;'' riches no doubt are intended, and which may be said to be "not"; they are not the true riches, have only the shadow and appearance of riches; they are not lasting and durable; in a little time...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 23:5: Wilt . . . eyes--As the eyes fly after or seek riches, they are not, that is, either become transitory or unsatisfying; fully expressed by their flying away.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 23:4-5: Pro 23:4-5 All the forms of proverbs run through these appended proverbs. There now follows a pentastich: 4 Do not trouble thyself to become rich; Cease from such thine own wisdom. 5 Wilt thou let thine eyes fly after it, and it is gone? For it maketh itself, assuredly it maketh itself wings, Like an eagle which fleeth toward the heavens.