10325. The books of the Word are all those which have the internal sense; books which do not have it are not the Word. The books of the Word in the Old Testament are: The five Books of Moses; the Book of Joshua; the Book of Judges; the two Books of Samuel; the two Books of Kings; the Psalms of David; and the Prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi. And in the New Testament they are: The four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John; and the Book of Revelation.

In the Bible (and in life), the idea of withering is usually connected to plants, and plants generally wither if they don't get enough water. Plants represent individual facts and thoughts, and water represents natural truth, or true concepts about life on an external level. To wither, then, generally means that disconnected ideas will not be remembered and will be useless if they are not sustained by deeper concepts that lead to good actions in life.

To wither, as in Psalm 1:3, means to dry up, or to lack good and truth. (Apocalypse Explained 419).

In Psalm 102:4, this signifies that the truths of good seemed to be dying. (Apocalypse Explained 403[6])

'Withering and drying up,' as in Ezekiel 17:10, referring to the east wind, signifies a state when there is no good or truth.

In Matthew 13:6, "wither" signifies the truths of good adulterated and dying. (Apocalypse Explained 401[35]).

Withering, as in Matthew 21:19, signifies the failing of truth and good in the natural. (Apocalypse Explained 403[21]).

(Referencat: Arcana Coelestia 6693 [2], 6726, 8699, 8902 [6]; The Apocalypse Explained 518 [12], 627 [9])