The mandate to read and study the word of God each day and make it a daily part of our life is not found in the Torah (the first five books of the Bible). It is found in Joshua chapter 1.8. The blessings and the conquest of personal territory written in the book of Deuteronomy chapter 11 happens when we apply the admission of Joshua one and eight to our life, our work, and our free time.

Deuteronomy 11.8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it; 

9 And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: 

11 But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: 

12 A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 

14 That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 

15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full.

Joshua 1.3 Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. 

4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. 

5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 

6 Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 

7 Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. 

8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

We must also be careful that our work does not affect our daily study of Scripture. The addiction of becoming lazy or a workaholic and not making Bible study a priority can also lead one into temptations and sin that can violate our personal relationship with God as well as our fellow human beings. The goal is to achieve a healthy balance between our study of God’s word and our daily work.