Reply To: Friends being a bad influence

if i recall correctly, my teachers taught that rashi by korach says one should avoid bad neighbors and friends (and have good neighbors and friends), due to the powerful effect they will have on you, with rashi using shevet reuven as an example since they lived near k’has, dasan and aviram they became deeply involved in korach’s rebellion. on the other hand, shevet yehuda and yissaschar and zevulun became great torah scholars since they encamped with moshe rabbeinu.